X-Ray Lasers 2008: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 17-22 August 2008, Belfast, UK (Springer Proceedings in Physics (130))

The 11th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers had contributions in the following topical areas: Transient Collisional X-Ray Lasers, Table-Top High Repetition Rate X-Ray Lasers, Optical-Field Ionised (OFI) X-Ray Lasers, Theory and Simulation of X-Ray Lasers, High Order Harmonic Generation, XUV Optics and X-Ray Laser Applications, Capillary Discharge X-Ray Lasers, Alternative Sources of coherent XUV Radiation. The proceedings of this conference constitute a comprehensive source of reference for scientists involved in researching the development and application of coherent X-Ray sources. Contents......Page 8 Part 1 – Progress in X-Ray Laser Facilities and Infrastructures......Page 17 Recent Progress in X-Ray Laser Research in JAEA......Page 19 Recent Advances on LASERIX Facility: Development of XUV Sources System and Applications. Perspectives from 2008 to 2010......Page 29 Recent Progress in Grazing-Incidence-Pumped X-Ray Lasers at Uni-BE......Page 39 Review on Recent High Intensity Physics Experiments Relevant to X-Ray and Quantum Beam Generation at JAEA......Page 49 Towards an 100 Hz X-Ray Laser Station......Page 59 Versatile High-Energy and Short-Pulse Operation of PHELIX......Page 69 Central Laser Facility High Power Laser Capabilities Applied to X-Ray Laser Science......Page 75 TARANIS: A Pump Source for X-Ray Lasers......Page 81 Photon Frontier Network......Page 87 Part 2 – Transient Collisional X-Ray Lasers......Page 95 Grazing Incidence Pumping (GRIP): Single- vs. Double-Pulse Arrangement......Page 97 An Improved Double-Pulse Non-Normal Incidence Pumping Geometry for Transient Collisionally Excited Soft X-Ray Lasers......Page 107 Generation of the Circularly Polarized X-Ray Laser Using the Pulse-Power Magnet......Page 115 Gain Saturation of the Ni-like Antimony Laser at 11.4 nm in Grazing-Incidence Pumping Geometry......Page 123 Temporal Coherence and Spectral Line Shape of a GRIP Transient X-Ray Laser......Page 131 Part 3 – High Repetition Rate X-Ray Lasers......Page 139 High Coherence Injection-Seeded Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers at Wavelengths Down to 13.2 nm......Page 141 Characterization of a Seeded Optical-Field Ionized Collisional Soft X-Ray Laser......Page 151 Investigation on the Spatial Properties of Silver X-Ray Laser Using GRIP Schemes......Page 159 Spatial Filtering of High Order Harmonics by an OFI Plasma Amplifier......Page 169 New Driver Laser System for Double Target X-Ray Lasers at JAEA......Page 177 Part 4 – Optical-Field-Ionised (OFI) X-Ray Lasers......Page 183 Toward Ultraintense Compact RBS Pump for Recombination 3.4 nm Laser via OFI......Page 185 High Brightness Optical-Field-Ionization X-Ray Lasers Driven in Plasma Waveguides......Page 199 Temporal Coherence and Spectral Linewidth of a Seeded Soft X-Ray Laser Pulse......Page 209 Part 5 – Theory and Simulations......Page 215 The Scaling of Recombination Following Tunnel Ionisation and its Suitability for Generating X-Ray Laser Gain......Page 217 Advances in Understanding the Anomalous Dispersion of Plasmas in the X-Ray Regime......Page 227 Recent Developments on Seeded or Unseeded Transient X-Ray Lasers......Page 237 Influence of the number of atomic levels on the modelling of collisional X-ray lasers......Page 247 Modelling of Capillary Z-Pinch Recombination Pumping of Hydrogen- Like Ion EUV Lasers......Page 255 Propagation of a High-Harmonic Pulse Through a Population-Inverted Medium......Page 263 Modeling of an Ultra-Short X-Ray Laser Pulse Amplification Through an Optical-Field-Ionized Gas Using a Maxwell-Bloch Treatment......Page 271 Effects of Inhomogeneous Incident Line Focus on 2D Hydrodynamic Behaviour of X-Ray Laser Plasma on Slab......Page 279 Excitation Rates for Transitions in Ne-Like Ni XIX......Page 287 Conversion Efficiency Calculations for Soft X-Rays Emitted from Tin Plasma for Lithography Applications......Page 297 Theoretical Investigation of Photo-pumping X-Ray Lasers Using Kα Line from Solid Target......Page 305 Part 6 – High Harmonic Generation (HHG)......Page 313 Coherent Water-Window X-Ray Generation by Phase-Matched High Harmonics in Neutral Media......Page 315 Relativisitically Oscillating Mirrors – an Ultrabright Attosecond Source......Page 323 Spectral Characteristics of Strong High-Harmonics Generated in a Two-Color Laser Field......Page 331 Diffraction Limited Harmonic Emission from Laser Produced Plasmas......Page 339 Part 7 – XUV Optics and Applications of X-Ray Lasers......Page 345 X-Ray Lasers as Probes of Plasma Parameters......Page 347 Advances in Nanoscale Resolution Soft X-Ray Laser Microscopy......Page 357 Experimental Diagnosis of Plasma Jets by Using X-Ray Laser......Page 365 Soft X-Ray Holography with Wavelength Resolution......Page 373 Ablation Measurements Using Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Transmission......Page 381 High Sensitive Characterization of Microdomain Structures in PZN-PT (91/09) by Means of Coherent Soft X-Ray Laser Speckle......Page 389 Warm Photoionized Plasmas Created by Soft X-Ray Laser Irradiation of Solid Targets......Page 397 Development of Multilayer Optics in EUV, Soft X-Ray and X-Ray Range at IPOE......Page 407 Highly Efficient Surface Modification of Solids by Dual Action of XUV/Vis-NIR Laser Pulses......Page 417 Strand Breaks in DNA Samples Induced with LASERIX......Page 425 High Resolution X-Ray Laser Backlighting of Plasmas Using Spatial Filtering Technique......Page 433 Development of Soft X-Ray Fourier Transform Holography with Fresnel Zone Plate......Page 443 Lensless Imaging Using Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers and High Harmonics Sources Reaching 70 nm Resolution......Page 449 Gas Phase Study of The Reactivity of Optical Coating Materials with Hydrocarbons Using a Compact Soft X-Ray Laser......Page 455 Gas Phase Studies of Catalytic Processes Involving V[sub(m)]o[sub(n)] Clusters and their Reaction with Alcohols, Alkenes, No[sub(x)], and Nh[sub(3)] Using a Desk-Top Size Soft X-Ray Laser......Page 461 Time-of-Flight Measurements of Ion and Electron from Xenon Clusters Irradiated with a Soft X-Ray Laser Pulse......Page 469 Calibration of a High Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectrometer......Page 477 XUV Probing as a Diagnostic of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth......Page 485 Line Focus Geometry for Grazing Incidence Pumped X-Ray Lasers......Page 491 Resolution and Feature Size Assessment in Soft X-Ray Microscopy Images......Page 499 An Approach to the Generation of Uniform Line Foci for Use in X-Ray Laser Experiments......Page 505 Interferometric Lithography with a Desk-Top Size Soft X-Ray Laser......Page 511 Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectrum of Wide-Gap Semiconductors Excited by 13.9 nm X-Ray Laser......Page 517 Part 8 – Alternative Approaches for Sources of Bright X-Rays......Page 523 Application of Extremely Bright and Coherent Soft and Hard X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Radiation......Page 525 Design Study of Compact Thomson X-Ray Sources for Material and Life Sciences Applications......Page 537 An Attempt to Generate an Inner-Shell Photo-Ionisation Pumped X-Ray Laser Using the ASTRA Laser at RAL......Page 553 Electron Self-Injection and Radiation in the Laser Plasma Accelerator......Page 559 Emission Spectroscopy from an XUV Laser Irradiated Solid Target......Page 565 Innershell X-Ray Laser in Sodium Vapor: Final Steps Towards Experimental Verification......Page 573 "This book provides a thorough account of the current status of achievements made in the area of soft X-ray laser source development and of the increasingly diverse applications being demonstrated using such radiation sources." "There is significant effort worldwide to develop very bright, short duration radiation sources in the X-ray spectral region - driven by the multitude of potential applications in all branches of science. This book contains updates on several different approaches for comparative purposes but concentrates on developments in the area of laser-produced plasmas, whereby transient population inversion and gain between ion states is pumped by optical lasers interacting with pre-formed plasmas. The most significant development here is the demonstrated increasing feasibility to produce useful soft X-ray laser beams with high repetition rates in a typical, small, university-class laboratory - as opposed to the requirement of access to a national facility some 20 years ago." "Experimental progress and the underlying theory associated with different plasma-based soft X-ray laser schemes are covered. In particular, grazing incidence pumping of transient collisional X-ray lasers, injection seeding of amplifiers and beam characterisation techniques are discussed in detail. The justification for this work is clearly demonstrated in the large section describing the wide-ranging applications now possible in areas as diverse as biology, chemistry and materials science, as well as in plasma physics itself. Plans and projections for new work are also presented, boding well for the future of the subject area." --Book Jacket