Demonstration of lasing at 41.8 nm in Xe8+ driven in a plasma waveguide

Arthur Butler; Anthony J. Gonsalves; Claire M. McKenna; David J. Spence; Simon M. Hooker; Stephane Sebban; Thomas Mocek; I. Bettaibi; Brigitte Cros

doi:10.1117/12.507985

19 December 2003 Demonstration of lasing at 41.8 nm in Xe⁸⁺driven in a plasma waveguide

Arthur Butler, Anthony J. Gonsalves, Claire M. McKenna, David J. Spence, Simon M. Hooker, Stephane Sebban, Thomas Mocek, I. Bettaibi, Brigitte Cros

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Proceedings Volume 5197, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications V; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507985
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We describe the first demonstration of a collisionally-excited optical field ionisation laser driven within a gas-filled capillary waveguide. Lasing on the 4d⁹5d - 4d⁹5p transition at 41.8 nm in Xe⁸⁺ was observed to be closely-correlated to conditions under which the pump laser pulses were guided well by the waveguide. Simulations of the propagation of the pump laser radiation show that gain was achieved over essentially the whole 30 mm length of the waveguide.

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Arthur Butler, Anthony J. Gonsalves, Claire M. McKenna, David J. Spence, Simon M. Hooker, Stephane Sebban, Thomas Mocek, I. Bettaibi, and Brigitte Cros "Demonstration of lasing at 41.8 nm in Xe⁸⁺driven in a plasma waveguide", Proc. SPIE 5197, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications V, (19 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507985

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