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- Title
Characterization of the 46.9-nm soft X-ray laser beam from a capillary discharge.
- Authors
Barnwal, S.; Prasad, Y.; Nigam, S.; Aneesh, K.; Sharma, M.; Kushwaha, R.; Tripathi, P.; Naik, P.; Chakera, J.; Navathe, C.; Gupta, P.
- Abstract
Intense lasing had been obtained from argon plasma in the soft X-ray region from a capillary discharge plasma system. Different diagnostics have been used to characterize the lasing properties by recording the temporal, spatial, and spectral profiles of the emission. The divergence measurement indicates that the soft X-ray laser beam has good directionality with a divergence of 3.5 mrad. The spectrum of the laser beam measured using a transmission grating showed intense lasing line at 46.9 nm. Diffraction orders as high as 10th orders were observed. The temporal profile recorded with a vacuum diode showed a distinct laser peak with a pulse width ~1.2 ns (FWHM). In addition, the coherence of the X-ray laser beam was also confirmed from the high-contrast interference fringes (visibility ~85 %) recorded using double slits.
- Subjects
SOFT X rays; LASER beams; ARGON plasmas; SPATIOTEMPORAL processes; DIODES; COHERENCE (Optics)
- Publication
Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics, 2014, Vol 117, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
0946-2171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00340-014-5812-3