Soft X-ray traveling wave amplifier
Abstract
Threshold conditions for obtaining amplified spontaneous emission of X radiation, inclusive of strong line broadening and loss processes, are presented and evaluated for the case of pumping by ion-atom--ion-ion collisions. Quasistatic as well as pulsed operation of such X-ray lasers is seen to be realizable in terms of currently operative plasma systems. Suggestions concerning additional work are included.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974STIN...7519671J
- Keywords:
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- Optical Pumping;
- Traveling Wave Amplifiers;
- X Ray Lasers;
- Atoms;
- Ion Atom Interactions;
- Ions;
- Particle Collisions;
- Plasmas (Physics);
- Lasers and Masers