Benware, B. R., authorBurd, D. J., authorMoreno, C. H., authorRocca, Jorge J., authorOptical Society of America, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031997Benware, B. R., et al., Operation and Output Pulse Characteristics of an Extremely Compact Capillary-Discharge Tabletop Soft-X-Ray Laser, Optics Letters 22, no. 11 (June 1, 1997): 796-198.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67608We report on the operating parameters and laser output pulse characteristics of an extremely compact discharge-pumped 46.9-nm laser of a size comparable with that of many widely utilized visible and ultraviolet gas lasers. This capillary-discharge laser generated subnanosecond laser pulses with energies of as much as 25 μJ by single-pass amplification in an 18.6-cm-long argon-plasma column. Measurements of the laser output energy, pulse width, far-field beam profile, and beam divergence are reported.born digitalarticleseng©1997 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