Ebook: X-Ray Lasers 2006: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference

The search for table-top and repetitive pump schemes during the last decade has been the driving force behind the spectacular advances demonstrated during the 10th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, organized in 2006 in Berlin. Since 1986, international experts have gathered every two years at this established conference to discuss the progress in theory, experiment and application of plasma-based soft X-ray lasers. Traditionally, the conference sessions devoted to complementary and alternative sources of short wavelength radiation, such as high harmonics, XFEL or incoherent X-rays are organized so as to emphasize the role of X-ray laser research in relation to the other short wavelength sources. Grazing incidence pumping (GRIP) and seeding with high harmonics were the dominant topics of the conference. High repetition rate and portable X-ray lasers were reported to have been applied in metrology and photochemistry for the first time.
The proceedings of this series of conferences constitute a comprehensive source of reference of the acknowledged state-of the-art in this specific area of laser and plasma physics.

Audience:
Researchers and libraries

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The search for table-top and repetitive pump schemes during the last decade has been the driving force behind the spectacular advances demonstrated during the 10th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, organized in 2006 in Berlin. Since 1986, international experts have gathered every two years at this established conference to discuss the progress in theory, experiment and application of plasma-based soft X-ray lasers. Traditionally, the conference sessions devoted to complementary and alternative sources of short wavelength radiation, such as high harmonics, XFEL or incoherent X-rays are organized so as to emphasize the role of X-ray laser research in relation to the other short wavelength sources. Grazing incidence pumping (GRIP) and seeding with high harmonics were the dominant topics of the conference. High repetition rate and portable X-ray lasers were reported to have been applied in metrology and photochemistry for the first time.
The proceedings of this series of conferences constitute a comprehensive source of reference of the acknowledged state-of the-art in this specific area of laser and plasma physics.

Audience:
Researchers and libraries

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The search for table-top and repetitive pump schemes during the last decade has been the driving force behind the spectacular advances demonstrated during the 10th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, organized in 2006 in Berlin. Since 1986, international experts have gathered every two years at this established conference to discuss the progress in theory, experiment and application of plasma-based soft X-ray lasers. Traditionally, the conference sessions devoted to complementary and alternative sources of short wavelength radiation, such as high harmonics, XFEL or incoherent X-rays are organized so as to emphasize the role of X-ray laser research in relation to the other short wavelength sources. Grazing incidence pumping (GRIP) and seeding with high harmonics were the dominant topics of the conference. High repetition rate and portable X-ray lasers were reported to have been applied in metrology and photochemistry for the first time.
The proceedings of this series of conferences constitute a comprehensive source of reference of the acknowledged state-of the-art in this specific area of laser and plasma physics.

Audience:
Researchers and libraries

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Overview of Tabletop X-Ray Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory....Pages 1-11
Recent Progress in X-Ray Laser Development and Applications at LIXAM....Pages 13-22
A High Repetition-Rate, Petawatt Class Ti:Sapphire Laser Dedicated to Coherent X-UV Generation at LASERIX....Pages 23-27
Recent Advances of the X-Ray Laser Research at APRC....Pages 29-36
X-Ray Lasing Using the GRIP Scheme....Pages 37-43
Development of 0.1-Hz Repetition Driver Laser for the TCE X-Ray Lasers....Pages 45-49
Modulation of Plasma Density to Achieve Highly Efficient X-Ray Lasers With Good Beam Quality....Pages 51-60
Origin of Microstructures in Picosecond X-Ray Laser Beams....Pages 61-68
Focusing System for a Non-Normal Incidence Pumped, Sub-10 nm TCE XRL....Pages 69-73
X-Ray Imaging of the Heating Zone of Non-Normal Incidence Pumped XRL Plasma....Pages 75-80
Formation of an Elongated Plasma Column From a Gas Puff Target Irradiated With a Laser Beam Focused Using an Axicon....Pages 81-86
Observation of Density Dip in a Pre-Formed Plasma: Toward Axial Pumping X-Ray Laser....Pages 87-91
Experimental Studies on Transient Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Pumped With the Picosecond Pulsed Laser Facility at NLHPLP....Pages 93-97
X-Ray Laser Source Using Ceramic Target....Pages 99-105
The Generation of X-Ray Laser Radiation on SOKOLP-P Laser Facility....Pages 107-111
Electron Temperature Measurements of Model Ne-Like X-Ray Laser Plasmas From Resonance keV Spectra....Pages 113-119
Development of Plasma X-Ray Amplifiers Based on Solid Targets for the Injector-Amplifier Scheme....Pages 121-130
X-Ray Laser Beam Shape Control: High-Res VIS and keV Imaging of the Amplifying Plasma....Pages 131-137
Spatial and Temporal Profiles of the 21.2-nm Saturated X-Ray Laser Output....Pages 139-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Advances in High Repetition Rate Soft X-Ray Lasers: Lasing Down to 10.9 nm and High Brightness Operation of a Seeded Soft X-Ray Amplifier Using a Solid Target....Pages 149-159
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
On the Way Towards a High Repetition Rate X-Ray Laser....Pages 161-171
A 10 Hz, 3 Microjoule Transient Soft X-Ray Laser Pumped in Grazing Incidence....Pages 173-181
Generation of Ni-like Ag X-Ray Laser and High-Order Harmonics Forward Harmonic Seeded X-Ray Laser....Pages 183-189
LASERIX : A Multi X-Ray/XUV Beamline High Repetition-Rate Facility....Pages 191-199
Seeding High Order Harmonic in a Transient X-Ray Laser Amplifier....Pages 201-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Feasibility of 3.4 nm Laser Pumped by Ultraintense RBS Laser....Pages 209-224
Status and Prospects on Soft X-Ray Lasers Seeded by a High Harmonic Beam at LOA....Pages 225-233
Generation of Efficient Optical-Field-Ionization X-Ray Lasers in Cluster Jets....Pages 235-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-250
Collisionally Pumped X-Ray Lasers for Shorter Wavelengths....Pages 251-251
Inner Shell Lasing In Titanium via Electron Collisional Ionization....Pages 251-261
Gain Generation in the Critical Density Region of a TCE XRL....Pages 263-267
2-D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Laser Plasma Generation For Transiently Pumped Soft X-Ray Amplifier....Pages 269-273
2D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Focus-Line Plasma in Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Research....Pages 275-285
Theoretical Research on Ni-like Ag 13.9nm X-Ray Laser Driven by 3?m and 6?m Wavelength laser....Pages 287-293
Theoretical Research on Ni-like Ag X-ray Laser by Grazing Incidence Pumping....Pages 295-301
Theoretical Research on Enhancement of Gain for Ni-Like Ag 13.9nm X-Ray Laser Using a New Two-Layer Target....Pages 303-310
Modelling of an Inner-Shell Photo-Ionization X-Ray Laser Using a Recently Demonstrated Betatron Source....Pages 311-319
Similarity Model of Longitudinally Pumped X-Ray Laser....Pages 321-326
Numerical Analysis of Plasma Medium of a Fully Coherent X-Ray Laser....Pages 327-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-340
Longitudinally Pumped Ne-Like Titanium X-Ray Laser Simulation with a Post-Processor Code Coupled to EHYBRID....Pages 251-251
Simulation of Longitudinally Pumped Ni-Like Molybdenum X-Ray Laser Medium Using Post-Processor Code Coupled to EHYBRID....Pages 341-346
X-Ray Laser at 10–15 nm in Pd-like Ions Er XXIII – Re XXX....Pages 347-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-359
Temporal Characterization of Attosecond Harmonic Pulses....Pages 361-361
Nonlinear Interaction of Intense Attosecond XUV Pulses with Atoms and Molecules....Pages 361-366
Anomalous Enhancement of Single High-Order Harmonic Generation at 61 nm and 47 nm by Indium and Tin Due to Strong Resonance....Pages 367-374
Enhanced High Harmonic Generation from Ions Using a Capillary Discharge Plasma....Pages 375-381
Generation of High-Order Harmonic Continuum Supporting Single Attosecond Pulse in Argon Driven by Intense 7 fs Laser Pulse....Pages 383-388
High-Order Harmonic Generation From Laser- Ablated Plasma Plume Pumped by Femtosecond Laser Pulse....Pages 389-393
Front Matter....Pages 395-400
Development of Multilayer Optics for EUV, Soft X-Ray and X-Ray Regions in IPOE....Pages 401-401
Chirped Multilayer Soft X-Ray Mirrors for Attosecond Soft X-Ray Pulses....Pages 401-408
Nano-Scale Imaging With Tabletop Soft X-Ray Lasers: Sub-38 nm Resolution....Pages 409-415
A Non-Normal Incidence Pumped Ni-Like Zr XRL for Spectroscopy of Li-Like Heavy Ions at GSI/FAIR....Pages 417-425
Recent Progress of X-Ray Laser at Shenguang II: Diagnosing ICF Plasma by Ni-Like Ag 13.9nm X-Ray Laser....Pages 427-433
Plasma Opacity and Laser Ablation Measurements Using X-Ray Lasers....Pages 435-443
Applications of Focused X-Ray Laser at 21 nm in High-Energy Density Experiments....Pages 445-454
Mass Spectroscopy of Neutral Metal Oxide Clusters Using a Desk-Top Soft X-Ray Laser....Pages 455-462
Soft X-Ray Laser Interferometry of Colliding Al Plasmas in a Semi-Cylindrical Cavity....Pages 463-469
Single Photon Ionization Mass Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Bonded and van der Waals Cluster Systems Using a Capillary Discharge Soft X-Ray Laser....Pages 471-476
Soft X-Ray Laser Holographic Imaging With Sub-Micron Resolution....Pages 477-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-489
Table Top Nanopatterning Using Soft X-Ray Lasers....Pages 401-401
Soft X-Ray Laser Ablation of Nanometer-Scale Features....Pages 491-496
Ablation of Organic Molecular Solids by Focused Soft X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Radiation....Pages 497-502
Inner-Shell Ionization in Xe Clusters Irradiated with X-Ray Laser Pulse....Pages 503-510
VUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Using a Toroidal Grating Spectrograph....Pages 511-515
Development and Application of a Compact Broadband Laser-Plasma EUV Source....Pages 517-522
Generation of the Submicron Soft X-Ray Beam Using a Fresnel Zone Plate....Pages 523-528
Hydrodynamic Simulations and Soft X-Ray Laser Interferometric Studies of Energy Transport in Tightly Focused Laser-Heated Aluminum Plasmas....Pages 529-533
Combination of Surface Characterization Techniques for Analyzing the Roughness of the Substrate....Pages 535-540
Fabrication of Multilayer Reflective Mirrors for Soft X-Ray Laser Working at the Wavelength of 4.48 nm....Pages 541-545
Imaging Research With Non-Periodic Multilayers for Inertial Confinement Fusion Diagnostic Experiments....Pages 547-553
Analysis of 46.9-nm Pulsed Laser Radiation Aftereffects in Sc/Si Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors....Pages 555-561
X-Ray Laser Interference Microscopy for Advanced Studies of Laser-Induced Damages....Pages 563-569
X-Ray Laser Thomson Scattering at 21 nm of Laser-Heated High-Density Foil Plasmas....Pages 571-576
Front Matter....Pages 577-583
One Year of User Operation of FLASH, the Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg....Pages 585-585
Laser Physics Research Relevant to Laser-Electron X-Ray Generator....Pages 585-594
Laser Electron Generator of the X-Ray Radiation....Pages 595-605
Time-Resolved keV Emission Spectra from Hot, Dense Buried Layer K-Shell and L-Shell Targets....Pages 607-618
Front Matter....Pages 619-629
Novel Attempts to Realize an Innershell X-Ray Laser in Na....Pages 631-642
310 Angstroms X-Ray Lasing Under Beta-Decay of Tritium....Pages 643-648
Front Matter....Pages 585-585
Capillary Discharge Soft X-Ray Laser at University of L’Aquila: Laboratory Survey....Pages 649-655
Compact EUV Lasers Based on Low-Inductive Capillary Discharges....Pages 657-665
Experimental Comparison of Capillary Pinching Discharge in Argon and Nitrogen....Pages 666-666
Analysis of Laser Pumping by Capillary Pinching Discharge in Argon and Nitrogen....Pages 667-676
CAPEX-U – A New Driver for Discharge-Pumped Lasers Working on the Wavelength Below 15 nm....Pages 677-686
Towards Nitrogen Recombination Soft X-Ray Laser Scheme in a Capillary Discharge Z-Pinch....Pages 687-692
On the Influence of Preionization Current Directions on X-Ray Lasing in Capillary Discharge....Pages 693-699
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