New possibilities for compact, bright, coherent x-ray generation have recently emerged through rapid advances in short pulse, multi-terrawatt (TW) laser technology. We present here our recent developments and progress on high gain recombination x-ray lasers and efficient x-ray harmonics generation from solid surfaces using a 2 ps, 20 J chirped pulse amplification (CPA) beam from the VULCAN Nd-glass laser facility (λ=1.053 μm) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL).

Date Published: 1 September 1996
PDF: 2 pages
Proc. SPIE 2778, 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology, 2778G9 (1 September 1996); doi: 10.1117/12.2316274

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2778:
17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology
Joon-Sung Chang; Jai-Hyung Lee; ChangHee Nam, Editor(s)