Efficient Excitation of Gain-Saturated Sub-9-nm-Wavelength Tabletop Soft-X-Ray Lasers and Lasing Down to 7.36 nm

Abstract

Using a table-top, plasma-based laser, a team of researchers from Colorado State University, Berkeley, and Oak Ridge National Lab succeeds in generating intense soft x-ray laser pulses of sub-9-nm wavelengths, picosecond durations, microjoule energies and high-repetition rates.