Eur. Phys. J. D 28, 253-257 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00310-7

Towards the design of tunable X-ray lasers by dressing the plasma with the elliptically polarized radiation of an optical laser

¹ General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Plasma Physics, Vavilov street 38, 119991 GSP-1 Moscow, Russia
² Center for Surface and Vacuum Research, Russian State Committee for Standards, Vavilov street 38, 117334 Moscow, Russia
³ Physics Department, 206 Allison Lab., Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA

Corresponding author: ^a goks@physics.auburn.edu

Received: 13 January 2003
Revised: 10 October 2003
Published online: 9 December 2003

Abstract

We present detailed results of calculating the modifications in X-ray lasing lines of a H-like ion under a strong elliptically-polarized electric field of an optical laser. We show that using an elliptically-polarized electric field of an optical laser, it is possible to control the amplification and polarization of the X-ray radiation, and to vary the frequency of the X-ray lasing line.