41.8-nm Xe8+ laser driven in a plasma waveguide

A. Butler*, A. J. Gonsalves, C. M. McKenna, D. J. Spence, S. M. Hooker, S. Sebban, T. Mocek, I. Betttaibi, B. Cros

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Abstract

The results of the first experimental demonstration of a short-wavelength laser driven within a gas-filled capillary-discharge waveguide were described. The xenon gas was mixed with the hydrogen and strong lasing on the 4d 95d-4d95p transition in Xe8+ at 41.8 nm was observed. Analysis shows that lasing was strongly correlated with good guiding of the pump pulse and numerical simulations indicate that gain is likely to have been achieved over a significant fraction of the 30 mm length of the capillary. The success of this proof-of-principle experiment suggests that this and other short-wavelength lasers could be driven within waveguides of this type, leading to increased energy output and reduced beam divergence.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023821
Pages (from-to)023821-1-023821-10
Number of pages10
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume70
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

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