Small-Scale Soft X-Ray Lasers Excited by Fast Discharges and Applications

Jorge J. Rocca

This talk will discuss the development status of table-top soft x-ray lasers excited by a fast capillary discharge and will give examples of their successful use in applications. The peak coherent power of these high repetition rate lasers at a wavelength of 46.9nm exceeds that of an undulator beam line by several orders of magnitude, allowing new physics experiments with intense short wavelength light to be conducted in a small laboratory environment. Results of their use in the interferometry of dense plasmas, soft x-ray radiation induced ablation of materials, and plasma generation will be discussed.

The P/T Colloquium is
typically held each
Thursday, 3:45–5:00 PM.
Refreshments are served
at 3:15 PM.