X-Ray Lasers 2006 (eBook)

Overview of Tabletop X-Ray Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.- Overview of Tabletop X-Ray Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.- Recent Progress in X-Ray Laser Development and Applications at LIXAM.- A High Repetition-Rate, Petawatt Class Ti:Sapphire Laser Dedicated to Coherent X-UV Generation at LASERIX.- Recent Advances of the X-Ray Laser Research at APRC.- X-Ray Lasing Using the GRIP Scheme.- Development of 0.1-Hz Repetition Driver Laser for the TCE X-Ray Lasers.- Modulation of Plasma Density to Achieve Highly Efficient X-Ray Lasers With Good Beam Quality.- Origin of Microstructures in Picosecond X-Ray Laser Beams.- Focusing System for a Non-Normal Incidence Pumped, Sub-10 nm TCE XRL.- X-Ray Imaging of the Heating Zone of Non-Normal Incidence Pumped XRL Plasma.- Formation of an Elongated Plasma Column From a Gas Puff Target Irradiated With a Laser Beam Focused Using an Axicon.- Observation of Density Dip in a Pre-Formed Plasma: Toward Axial Pumping X-Ray Laser.- Experimental Studies on Transient Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Pumped With the Picosecond Pulsed Laser Facility at NLHPLP.- X-Ray Laser Source Using Ceramic Target.- The Generation of X-Ray Laser Radiation on SOKOLP-P Laser Facility.- Electron Temperature Measurements of Model Ne-Like X-Ray Laser Plasmas From Resonance keV Spectra.- Development of Plasma X-Ray Amplifiers Based on Solid Targets for the Injector-Amplifier Scheme.- X-Ray Laser Beam Shape Control: High-Res VIS and keV Imaging of the Amplifying Plasma.- Spatial and Temporal Profiles of the 21.2-nm Saturated X-Ray Laser Output.- Advances in High Repetition Rate Soft X-Ray Laser: Lasing Down to 10.9 nm and High Brightness Operation of a Seeded Soft X-Ray Amplifier Using a Solid Target.- 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.- On the Way Towards a High Repetition Rate X-Ray Laser.- A 10 Hz, 3 Microjoule Transient Soft X-Ray Laser Pumped in Grazing Incidence.- Generation of Ni-like Ag X-Ray Laser and High-Order Harmonics Forward Harmonic Seeded X-Ray Laser.- LASERIX : A Multi X-Ray/XUV Beamline High Repetition-Rate Facility.- Seeding High Order Harmonic in a Transient X-Ray Laser Amplifier.- Feasibility of 3.4 nm Laser Pumped by Ultraintense RBS Laser.- Feasibility of 3.4 nm Laser Pumped by Ultraintense RBS Laser.- Status and Prospects on Soft X-Ray Lasers Seeded by a High Harmonic Beam at LOA.- Generation of Efficient Optical-Field-Ionization X-Ray Lasers in Cluster Jets.- Experimental Investigation of the Parameter Space of Optical-Field-Ionization Collisional-Excitation X-Ray Lasers in a Cluster Jet.- Collisionally Pumped X-Ray Lasers for Shorter Wavelengths.- Collisionally Pumped X-Ray Lasers for Shorter Wavelengths.- Inner Shell Lasing In Titanium via Electron Collisional Ionization.- Gain Generation in the Critical Density Region of a TCE XRL.- 2-D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Laser Plasma Generation For Transiently Pumped Soft X-Ray Amplifier.- 2D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Focus-Line Plasma in Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Research.- Theoretical Research on Ni-like Ag 13.9nm X-Ray Laser Driven by 3?m and 6?m Wavelength laser.- Theoretical Research on Ni-like Ag X-ray Laser by Grazing Incidence Pumping.- Theoretical Research on Enhancement of Gain for Ni-Like Ag 13.9nm X-Ray Laser Using a New Two-Layer Target.- Modelling of an Inner-Shell Photo-Ionization X-Ray Laser Using a Recently Demonstrated Betatron Source.- Similarity Model of Longitudinally Pumped X-Ray Laser.- Numerical Analysis of Plasma Medium of a Fully Coherent X-Ray Laser.- Longitudinally Pumped Ne-Like Titanium X-Ray Laser Simulation with a Post-Processor Code Coupled to EHYBRID.- Simulation of Longitudinally Pumped Ni-Like Molybdenum X-Ray Laser Medium Using Post-Processor Code Coupled to EHYBRID.- X-Ray Laser at 10–15 nm in Pd-like Ions Er XXIII – Re XXX.- Temporal Characterization of Attosecond Harmonic Pulses.- Temporal Characterization of Attosecond Harmonic Pulses.- Nonlinear Interaction of Intense Attosecond XUV Pulses with Atoms and Molecules.- Anomalous Enhancement of Single High-Order Harmonic Generation at 61 nm and 47 nm by Indium and Tin Due to Strong Resonance.- Enhanced High Harmonic Generation from Ions Using a Capillary Discharge Plasma.- Generation of High-Order Harmonic Continuum Supporting Single Attosecond Pulse in Argon Driven by Intense 7 fs Laser Pulse.- High-Order Harmonic Generation From Laser- Ablated Plasma Plume Pumped by Femtosecond Laser Pulse.- Development of Multilayer Optics for EUV, Soft X-Ray and X-Ray Regions in IPOE.- Development of Multilayer Optics for EUV, Soft X-Ray and X-Ray Regions in IPOE.- Chirped Multilayer Soft X-Ray Mirrors for Attosecond Soft X-Ray Pulses.- Nano-Scale Imaging With Tabletop Soft X-Ray Lasers: Sub-38 nm Resolution.- A Non-Normal Incidence Pumped Ni-Like Zr XRL for Spectroscopy of Li-Like Heavy Ions at GSI/FAIR.- Recent Progress of X-Ray Laser at Shenguang II: Diagnosing ICF Plasma by Ni-Like Ag 13.9nm X-Ray Laser.- Plasma Opacity and Laser Ablation Measurements Using X-Ray Lasers.- Applications of Focused X-Ray Laser at 21 nm in High-Energy Density Experiments.- Mass Spectroscopy of Neutral Metal Oxide Clusters Using a Desk-Top Soft X-Ray Laser.- Soft X-Ray Laser Interferometry of Colliding Al Plasmas in a Semi-Cylindrical Cavity.- Single Photon Ionization Mass Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Bonded and van der Waals Cluster Systems Using a Capillary Discharge Soft X-Ray Laser.- Soft X-Ray Laser Holographic Imaging With Sub-Micron Resolution.- Table Top Nanopatterning Using Soft X-Ray Lasers.- Soft X-Ray Laser Ablation of Nanometer-Scale Features.- Ablation of Organic Molecular Solids by Focused Soft X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Radiation.- Inner-Shell Ionization in Xe Clusters Irradiated with X-Ray Laser Pulse.- VUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Using a Toroidal Grating Spectrograph.- Development and Application of a Compact Broadband Laser-Plasma EUV Source.- Generation of the Submicron Soft X-Ray Beam Using a Fresnel Zone Plate.- Hydrodynamic Simulations and Soft X-Ray Laser Interferometric Studies of Energy Transport in Tightly Focused Laser-Heated Aluminum Plasmas.- Combination of Surface Characterization Techniques for Analyzing the Roughness of the Substrate.- Fabrication of Multilayer Reflective Mirrors for Soft X-Ray Laser Working at the Wavelength of 4.48 nm.- Imaging Research With Non-Periodic Multilayers for Inertial Confinement Fusion Diagnostic Experiments.- Analysis of 46.9-nm Pulsed Laser Radiation Aftereffects in Sc/Si Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors.- X-Ray Laser Interference Microscopy for Advanced Studies of Laser-Induced Damages.- X-Ray Laser Thomson Scattering at 21 nm of Laser-Heated High-Density Foil Plasmas.- One Year of User Operation of FLASH, the Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg.- One Year of User Operation of FLASH, the Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg.- Intense Femto-Second Laser-Driven X-Ray Source Coupled With Multiple Directional Quantum Beams for Applications.- Radiative Properties and Hydrodynamics of Laser Produced Tin Plasma for Efficient Extreme Ultraviolet Light Source.- Laser Physics Research Relevant to Laser-Electron X-Ray Generator.- Laser Electron Generator of the X-Ray Radiation.- Time-Resolved keV Emission Spectra from Hot, Dense Buried Layer K-Shell and L-Shell Targets.- Novel Attempts to Realize an Innershell X-Ray Laser in Na.- 310 Angstroms X-Ray Lasing Under Beta-Decay of Tritium.- Capillary Discharge Soft X-Ray Laser at University of L’Aquila: Laboratory Survey.- Capillary Discharge Soft X-Ray Laser at University of L’Aquila: Laboratory Survey.- Compact EUV Lasers Based on Low-Inductive Capillary Discharges.- Experimental Comparison of Capillary Pinching Discharge in Argon and Nitrogen.- Analysis of Laser Pumping by Capillary Pinching Discharge in Argon and Nitrogen.- CAPEX-U – A New Driver for Discharge-Pumped Lasers Working on the Wavelength Below 15 nm.- Towards Nitrogen Recombination Soft X-Ray Laser Scheme in a Capillary Discharge Z-Pinch.- On the Influence of Preionization Current Directions on X-Ray Lasing in Capillary Discharge.