Demonstration of a 10-μJ tabletop laser at 52.9 nm in neonlike chlorine
Date
2000
Authors
Seminario, M., author
Frati, M., author
Rocca, Jorge J., author
Optical Society of America, publisher
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Abstract
We report the demonstration of laser amplification at 52.9 nm in Ne-like Cl with a compact capillary discharge. Laser output pulses with energies of as much as 10 μJ have been obtained. The beam divergence was approximately 4 mrad. This new 23.4-eV tabletop laser is of particular interest for applications that require high peak fluxes of photons with energy slightly below the He photoionization threshold.