Operation and output pulse characteristics of an extremely compact capillary-discharge tabletop soft-x-ray laser
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (11), 796-798
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.000796
Abstract
We report on the operating parameters and laser output pulse characteristics of an extremely compact discharge-pumped 46.9-nm laser of a size comparable with that of many widely utilized visible and ultraviolet gas lasers. This capillary-discharge laser generated subnanosecond laser pulses with energies of as much as by single-pass amplification in an 18.6-cm-long argon-plasma column. Measurements of the laser output energy, pulse width, far-field beam profile, and beam divergence are reported.
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