Bach, B., authorPershing, Yu. P., authorKondratenko, V. V., authorVinogradov, A. V., authorUspenskii, Yu. A., authorRocca, Jorge J., authorLecher, A. L., authorSeminario, M., authorBenware, B. R., authorOptical Society of America, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032001Benware, B. R., et al., Generation and Application of a High-Average-Power Polarized Soft-X-Ray Laser Beam, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical Physics 18, no. 7 (July 2001): 1041-1045.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67495We demonstrate the generation of a highly polarized soft-x-ray beam with a compact high-repetition-rate tabletop soft-x-ray laser. The radiation emitted by a high-average-power discharge-pumped tabletop Ne-like Ar soft-x-ray laser operating at 46.9 nm was polarized with a pair of Si/Sc multilayer mirrors designed for 45° operation. A degree of polarization greater than 0.96 was obtained. The polarized beam was used to characterize the efficiency of a diffraction grating. Intense polarized soft-x-ray radiation generated by compact tabletop sources has the potential to affect numerous other applications.born digitalarticleseng©2001 Optical Society of America.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Text