https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2009-00021-1
Plasma-based X-ray laser at 21 nm for multidisciplinary applications
1
Institute of Physics/PALS Centre, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
2
University of York, Heslington, York, UK
3
Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
4
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, Palaiseau, France
Corresponding author: a mocek@fzu.cz
Received:
2
September
2008
Revised:
16
December
2008
Published online:
6
February
2009
An overview of recent advances in applications of currently the most energetic X-ray laser at 21 nm is given. The unique parameters of this half-cavity based X-ray laser such as record output energy of 10 mJ, highly symmetric beam, robustness and reproducibility, have made it possible to carry out a number of multidisciplinary scientific projects featuring novel applications of intense coherent X-ray radiation. Selected results obtained in these experiments are reviewed, including X-ray laser probing of dense plasmas, measurements of transmission of focused soft X-ray radiation at intensities of up to 1012 W cm-2, measurements of infrared laser ablation rates of thin foils, and ablative microstructuring of solids.
PACS: 42.55.Vc – X- and gamma-ray lasers / 52.50.Jm – Plasma production and heating by laser beams (laser-foil, laser-cluster, etc.) / 52.38.Mf – Laser ablation
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2009
