Transverse spatial coherence of a transient nickellike silver soft-x-ray laser pumped by a single picosecond laser pulse

The degree of spatial coherence in the direction perpendicular to the target surface is reported for a transient nickellike silver x-ray laser at 13.9 nm. An x-ray laser plasma column was produced by irradiating a slab silver target with a single shaped picosecond laser pulse with energy less than 3...

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Published in:Optics letters 2004-04, Vol.29 (8), p.881-883
Main Authors: Lucianetti, A, Janulewicz, K A, Kroemer, R, Priebe, G, Tümmler, J, Sandner, W, Nickles, P V, Redkorechev, V I
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Language:English
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Summary:The degree of spatial coherence in the direction perpendicular to the target surface is reported for a transient nickellike silver x-ray laser at 13.9 nm. An x-ray laser plasma column was produced by irradiating a slab silver target with a single shaped picosecond laser pulse with energy less than 3 J. Young's double-slit method was applied to measure the fringe visibility as a function of the slit separation for different target lengths. The diameter of the equivalent incoherent source and the coherence radius of the output radiation were determined as well.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.29.000881