title: Demonstration of an all-diode-pumped soft x-ray laser.
abstract: We have demonstrated an 18.9 nm Ni-like molybdenum soft x-ray laser, pumped by a compact all-diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser. The solid-state pump laser produces 8.5 ps pulses with up to 1 J energy at 10 Hz repetition rate. This diode-pumped laser has the potential to greatly increase the repetition rate and the average power of soft x-ray lasers on a significantly smaller footprint.
authors.affiliation: National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. fjafurch@lamar.colostate.edu
authors.forename: Federico J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Furch
authors.forename: Brendan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Reagan
authors.forename: Bradley M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.forename: Alden H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Shaun P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Meehan
authors.forename: Jorge J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rocca