Coherent light generators – Short wavelength laser
Patent
1989-10-12
1991-03-26
Gonzalez, Frank
Coherent light generators
Short wavelength laser
372 76, H01S 330
Patent
active
050035444
ABSTRACT:
An X-ray laser (10) that lases between the K edges of carbon and oxygen, i.e. between 44 and 23 Angstroms, is provided. The laser comprises a silicon (12) and dysprosium (14) foil combination (16) that is driven by two beams (18, 20) of intense line focused (22, 24) optical laser radiation. Ground state nickel-like dysprosium ions (34) are resonantly photo-pumped to their upper X-ray laser state by line emission from hydrogen-like silicon ions (32). The novel X-ray laser should prove especially useful for the microscopy of biological specimens.
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Carnahan L. E.
Gonzalez Frank
Morse Susan S.
Moser William R.
Sartorio Henry P.
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