Towards high photon-number soft x-ray lasers

B. Ecker; B. Aurand; D. C. Hochhaus; T. Kuehl; P. Neumayer; H. Zhao; B. Zielbauer; K. Cassou; S. Daboussi; O. Guilbaud; S. Kazamias; D. Ros; E. Oliva; T. Le; P. Zeitoun

doi:10.1117/12.897277

5 October 2011 Towards high photon-number soft x-ray lasers

B. Ecker, B. Aurand, D. C. Hochhaus, T. Kuehl, P. Neumayer, H. Zhao, B. Zielbauer, K. Cassou, S. Daboussi, O. Guilbaud, S. Kazamias, D. Ros, E. Oliva, T. Le, P. Zeitoun

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Proceedings Volume 8140, X-ray Lasers and Coherent X-ray Sources: Development and Applications IX; 81400J (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897277
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present an experimental design to independently pump two soft X-ray laser media suitable for a seed-amplifier configuration. Both the seed and the amplifier target are operated in the TCE scheme utilizing the DGRIP technique with its intrinsic travelling wave excitation. Controlled injection of the seed X-ray laser into the amplifier medium is realized via a spherical XUV mirror. The experimental design is perfectly appropriate for benchmarking combined simulations of the ARWEN and DeepOne code. A first experiment at the PHELIX laser utilizing this scheme has been conducted, demonstrating signs of amplification and allowing for the direct measurement of the gain life time of a Ni-like silver SXRL.

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B. Ecker, B. Aurand, D. C. Hochhaus, T. Kuehl, P. Neumayer, H. Zhao, B. Zielbauer, K. Cassou, S. Daboussi, O. Guilbaud, S. Kazamias, D. Ros, E. Oliva, T. Le, and P. Zeitoun "Towards high photon-number soft x-ray lasers", Proc. SPIE 8140, X-ray Lasers and Coherent X-ray Sources: Development and Applications IX, 81400J (5 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897277

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