Saturated X-ray lasing in Ni-like Sn at 11.9 nm using the GRIP scheme |
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Authors: | M Grünig C Imesch F Staub JE Balmer |
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Institution: | Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | We report on gain-saturated operation of the 11.9 nm X-ray lasing line in Ni-like Sn using the grazing-incidence pumping scheme (GRIP). The experiments were done with 2-ps duration pump pulses and energies up to 5 J. Strong gain saturation with multi-microjoule output was measured for the Sn laser at a grazing angle of 30° and a pump pulse energy of 3 J. This was achieved with a 4.5%, 2-ps duration prepulse 2.4 ns ahead of the main pulse and also incident at grazing incidence. Increasing laser output was observed at GRIP angles up to 45°. At this angle, the minimum energy required for saturated lasing was determined as ∼2 J. |
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Keywords: | X-ray lasers Grazing-incidence pumping Collisional excitation Ni-like X-ray lasers |
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