Progress in optical-field-ionization soft X-ray lasers at LOA
T. Mocek
(1)
,
Stéphane Sebban
(1)
,
Islam Bettaibi
(1)
,
Philippe Zeitoun
(1)
,
Gabriel Faivre
(1)
,
B. Cros
(2)
,
G. Maynard
(2)
,
A. Butler
(3)
,
C.M. Mckenna
(3)
,
D.J. Spence
(3)
,
A.J. Gonsavles
(3)
,
S.M. Hooker
(3)
,
V. Vorontsov
(1)
,
S. Hallou
(1)
,
Marta Fajardo
(4)
,
Sophie Kazamias
(5)
,
S. Le Pape
(6)
,
P. Mercere
(1)
,
Anne-Sophie Morlens
(1)
,
C. Valentin
(1)
,
Philippe Balcou
(1)
1
LOA -
Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
2 LPGP - Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas
3 Department of Physics [Oxford]
4 GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear
5 LIXAM - Laboratoire d'interaction du rayonnement X avec la matière
6 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
2 LPGP - Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas
3 Department of Physics [Oxford]
4 GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear
5 LIXAM - Laboratoire d'interaction du rayonnement X avec la matière
6 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
Stéphane Sebban
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Philippe Zeitoun
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C. Valentin
- Function : Author
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Philippe Balcou
- Function : Author
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Abstract
We give on overview of recent advances in collisionally pumped optical field-ionization soft X-ray lasers developed at LOA. Saturated amplification has been achieved on the 5d-5p transition in Xe^8+ at 41.8 nm, and on the 4d-4p transition in Kr^8+ at 32.8 nm. We demonstrate a significant increase of the energy output from the Xe^8+ laser driven within two types of wave-guide. Finally, we present results of a pioneering work aimed to set up and characterize the first true soft X-ray laser chain.