Inner-shell photoionization-pumped x-ray lasers. Sulfur
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 13 (1), 376-382
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.13.376
Abstract
The potential for use of inner-shell vacancies produced by photoionization for creation of an x-ray laser is discussed. A detailed numerical model of the physical processes involved is described and applied to sulfur, one of the most favorable materials for production of x-ray lasing at energies substantially greater than 1 keV. At solid density an x-ray pumping power of 1.7× W/ is required with a rise time of less than 5 fsec, while at very low densities the rise-time requirement relaxes to about 50 fsec. The difficulties of meeting these requirements with current technology are discussed briefly.
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