Plasma fluctuations and x-ray laser transverse coherence
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 53 (1), R23-R26
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.53.r23
Abstract
The effect of plasma fluctuations on transverse spatial coherence of x-ray lasers is investigated. Hose type (random) transverse displacements of the x-ray lasing medium induced by pump-laser nonuniformities are considered in detail. Such displacements lead to decreased transverse coherence via reduced gain discrimination from mode coupling. This effect may be related to a previously reported insensitivity of transverse coherence to laser length in neonlike selenium at 206 and 210 Å [Trebes et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 588 (1992)]Keywords
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