Development of XUV lasers at the RAL Central Laser Facility

✍ Scribed by M. H. Key; W. J. Blyth; A. E. Dangor; P. Dhez; A. Djoui; L. Dwivedi; M. Holden; P. B. Holden; P. Jaegle; C. L. S. Lewis; A. G. McPhee; A. Modena; M. Nakai; D. Neely; P. A. Norreys; A. A. Offenberger; G. J. Pert; J. A. Ploues; S. G. Preston; S. A. Ramsden; S. J. Rose; B. Russ; C. G. Smith; A. Sureau; G. J. Tallents; F. Walsh; J. S. Wark; Y. L. You; J. Zhang

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 399 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0306-8919
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00385852

✦ Synopsis

Recent progress in the development of XUV lasers by research teams using high-power and ultrashort-pulse Nd:glass and KrF laser facilities at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is reviewed. Injector-amplifier operation and prepulse enhanced output of the Ge XXlII collisional laser driven by a kilojoule glass laser, enhanced gain in CVI recombination with picosecond CPA drive pulses from a glass laser, and optical field ionization and XUV harmonic generation with a KrF CPA laser are described.