Soft X-Ray Laser Development

Abstract

A 3mJ, 182-Anstrom soft x-ray laser abased on a recombining plasma was created with an efficiency almost two orders of magnitude higher than the collisionally-pumped Livermore device. In addition, an amplifier section was added, consisting of a 3mm long carbon plasma which yielded a gain of 8 per cm. Keywords: Soft x ray, Plasma, Pumped laser.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA226071

Entities

People

  • S. Suckewer

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Detectors
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electrons
  • Ground State
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Microscopy
  • Optics
  • Power
  • X Ray Lasers
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers