title: Saturation of the Xe III 109-nm laser using traveling-wave laser-produced-plasma excitation.
abstract: We describe the construction and operation of a 109-nm, photoionization-pumped, single-pass laser in Xe III. The laser is pumped by soft x rays emitted from a laser-produced plasma in a traveling-wave geometry. Using a 3.5-J, 300-psec, 1064-nm laser pump pulse, we measure a small-signal gain coefficient of 4.4 cm(-1) and a total small-signal gain of exp(40). The laser is fully saturated and produces an output energy of 20 microJ in a beam with 10-mrad divergence.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Macklin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Harris