Pulse duration measurements of grazing incidence pumped high repetition rate Ni-like Ag and Cd transient soft x-ray lasers

MIGUEL ANTONIO LAROTONDA; WANG, Y.; BERRILL, M; LUTHER, B. M.; ROCCA, J. J.; SHAKYA, M. M.; GILBERTSON, S.; CHANG, Z.

Optics Letters

Optical Society of America

Lugar: Washington, DC; Año: 2006 vol. 31 p. 3043 - 3045

0146-9592

We have measured the pulse duration of gain-saturated 13.9 nm Ni-like Ag and 13.2 nm Ni-like Cd transient collisional lasers excited by grazing-incidence-pumping for several pumping conditions. High-resolution streak-camera measurements yielded FWHM pulse durations close to 5 ps for both lasers under optimum pumping conditions. The very high brightness and short pulse duration of these new high repetition tabletop soft x-ray lasers make them an attractive source for dynamic applications. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.