Soft X-ray laser pointing and focusing experiments

D. G. Nilson; S. B. Brown; C. J. Keane; B. J. Macgowan; Dennis L Matthews; J. E. Trebes; O. R. Wood; W. T. Silfvast

Soft X-ray laser pointing and focusing experiments

D. G. Nilson, S. B. Brown, C. J. Keane, B. J. Macgowan, Dennis L Matthews, J. E. Trebes, O. R. Wood, W. T. Silfvast

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Abstract

We report the first demonstration of pointing and focusing of a soft X-ray laser beam. A LLNL selenium soft X-ray laser at 206 and 209 angstrom was used in these experiments. Two state of the art 76 mm diameter multilayer mirrors were used to collimate and refocus the laser onto a set of cross hairs which were constructed from 100 μm diameter wires. The cross hairs were located 4.6 m from the X-ray laser source. Results show that the laser can be pointed to within 75 μrad and focused to a 235 μm diameter spot.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	751-756
Number of pages	6
Journal	Laser and Particle Beams
Volume	6 pt 4
State	Published - Nov 1988

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Soft X-ray laser pointing and focusing experiments

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