Research Studies on Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Lasers

Abstract

The overall purpose of this program has been to study the physics, technology, and spectroscopy of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft x-ray lasers. The objective of the work was to develop a class of fixed frequency and tunable lasers whose wavelengths span the 100 A to 1000 A spectral region. Of special interest was developing incoherent, laser driven, harder x-ray sources that operate on a femtosecond time scale, and which could be used both for time resolved x-ray spectroscopy and, ultimately, for the pumping of solid state, micron dimension, x-ray lasers. Work on XUV and soft x-ray lasers began about ten years ago with the use of high peak power microwaves to produce metastable, non-autoionizing core-excited species. The work has proceeded on both the spectroscopic and the laser fronts. Section 2 lists the principal accomplishments in these areas. (JHD)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 28, 1990
Accession Number
ADA220271

Entities

People

  • James Forrest Young
  • Stephen E. Harris

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Femtosecond Lasers
  • Femtosecond Time
  • Frequency
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Military Research
  • Peak Power
  • Scattering
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Spectroscopy
  • Traveling Waves
  • Wave Mixing
  • X Ray Spectroscopy
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy