Open AccessFemtosecond-pulse-driven, electron-excited XUV lasers in eight-times-ionized noble gases
Author(s) -
B. E. Lemoff,
C. P. J. Barty,
S. E. Harris
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.19.000569
Subject(s) - extreme ultraviolet , laser , optics , ionization , femtosecond , ultrashort pulse , excited state , electron , atomic physics , wavelength , physics , radiation , pulse (music) , materials science , ion , quantum mechanics , detector
We propose three XUV laser schemes in the 30-50-nm wavelength region that can be driven by 10-Hz ultrashort-pulse terawatt laser systems. Tunneling ionization by circularly polarized radiation produces both the ions and hot electrons necessary to excite the upper laser level.
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