Transient collisional excitation x-ray laser experiments on the P102 laser at CEA-LV

Jean-Luc Miquel; Nathalie Blanchot; Laurence Bonnet; Sylvie Jacquemot; Annie Klisnick; Jaroslav Kuba; David Ros; P. Fourcade; Gerard Jamelot; Fabien Dorchies; Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

doi:10.1117/12.366684

21 October 1999 Transient collisional excitation x-ray laser experiments on the P102 laser at CEA-LV

Jean-Luc Miquel, Nathalie Blanchot, Laurence Bonnet, Sylvie Jacquemot, Annie Klisnick, Jaroslav Kuba, David Ros, P. Fourcade, Gerard Jamelot, Fabien Dorchies, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup

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Proceedings Volume 3776, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366684
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Recent experiments, performed at the C.E.A./Limeil-Valenton P102 laser facility on the Ni-like transient collisional scheme, are reported in this paper. They mainly aimed at enhancing the efficiency and improving the optical properties of the already demonstrated 4d J equals 0/4p J equals 1 Ag¹⁹⁺ x-ray laser at 13.9 nm. The now classical 2- stage traveling-wave irradiation of slab targets was used, the illumination sequence being constituted of a long (600 ps) low-flux (0.5 - 11 J) laser pulse followed (200 ps later) by a short (< 1 ps) high intensity (1 - 20 J) one. The work novelty was the use of frequency-doubled pulses, either for the pre-forming or the pumping one. Various combinations ((omega) -(omega) , 2(omega) -(omega) , (omega) - 2(omega) ) have been investigated in terms of lasing performances. High gains, around 34/cm, have been measured and saturation achieved for target lengths above 4 mm. A strong enhancement, up to a few (mu) J, of the x-ray laser output has been observed, due to traveling-wave irradiation method, while the emission duration was decreased to less than 10 ps, resulting in a 300 kW source. Moreover, under specific laser conditions, a second lasing line at 16 nm was detected. Finally, the possibility of cavity operating transient collisional x-ray lasers has been demonstrated.

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Jean-Luc Miquel, Nathalie Blanchot, Laurence Bonnet, Sylvie Jacquemot, Annie Klisnick, Jaroslav Kuba, David Ros, P. Fourcade, Gerard Jamelot, Fabien Dorchies, and Jean-Christophe Chanteloup "Transient collisional excitation x-ray laser experiments on the P102 laser at CEA-LV", Proc. SPIE 3776, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III, (21 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366684

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