X-Ray Lasers 2008

I. Progress in X-Ray Laser Facilities and Infrastructures

1. Recent Progress in X-Ray Laser Research in JAEA
T. Kawachi, M. Kishimoto, M. Kado, N. Hasegawa, M. Tanaka, Y. Ochi, M. Nishikino, M. Ishino, T. Imazono, T. Ohba, Y. Kunieda, A. Faenov, T. Pikuz, K. Namikawa, S. Namba, Y. Kato, H. Nishimura, N. Sarukura, M. Kando, Y. Fukuda, H. Kotaki, A. Pirozhkov, J. Ma, A. Sagisaka, M. Mori, J. Koga, S. Bulanov, H. Daido, T. Tajima

2. Recent Advances on LASERIX Facility: Development of XUV Sources System and Applications. Perspectives from 2008 to 2010
D. Ros, S. Kazamias, O. Guilbaud, J. Habib, B. Zielbauer, M. Pittman, G. Jamelot, A. Klisnick, J. -C. Lagron, D. Joyeux, S. Rossi, F. Delmotte, S. Lacombe, E. Porcel, C. Lesech, A. M. Penhoat, A. Touati

3. Recent Progress in Grazing-Incidence-Pumped X-Ray Lasers at Uni-BE
J. E. Balmer, M. Grünig, C. Imesch, F. Staub

4. Review on Recent High Intensity Physics Experiments Relevant to X-Ray and Quantum Beam Generation at JAEA
H. Daido, A. Pirozhkov, M. Nishiuchi, A. Yogo, S. Orimo, K. Ogura, A. Sagisaka, I. Daito, M. Mori, M. Ikegami, H. Kiriyama, H. Okada, S. Bulanov, T. Esirkepov, S. Kanazawa, S. Kondo, T. Shimomura, M. Tanoue, Y. Nakai, H. Sasao, D. Wakai, P. Bolton, Y. Fukuda, A. Faenov, T. Pikuz, M. Suzuki, M. Tampo, H. Sakaki, T. Tajima, S. Kawanishi, T. Kawachi, M. Nishikino, I. W. Choi, C. M. Kim, T. M. Jeong, N. Hafz, T. J. Yu, J. H. Sung, Y. -C. Noh, D. -K. Ko, J. Lee, Y. Oishi, K. Nemoto, T. Nayuki, T. Fujii, H. Nagatomo, K. Nagai, H. Nishimura

5. Towards an 100 Hz X-Ray Laser Station
J. Tümmler, H. Stiel, R. Jung, K. A. Janulewicz, P. V. Nickles, W. Sandner

6. Versatile High-Energy and Short-Pulse Operation of PHELIX
T. Kuehl, V. Bagnoud, C. Bruske, S. Borneis, B. Ecker, U. Eisenbarth, J. Fils, S. Goette, T. Hahn, D. Hochhaus, D. Javorkova, F. Knobloch, M. Kreutz, S. Kunzer, T. Merz-Mantwill, E. Onkels, D. Reemts, A. Tauschwitz, K. Witte, B. Zielbauer, D. Zimmer

7. Central Laser Facility High Power Laser Capabilities Applied to X-Ray Laser Science
M. M. Notley, N. B. Alexander, R. Heathcote, S. Blake, R. J. Clarke, J. L. Collier, P. Foster, S. J. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, C. J. Hooker, D. Pepler, I. N. Ross, M. Streeter, G. Tallents, M. Tolley, T. Winstone, B. Wyborn, D. Neely

8. TARANIS: A Pump Source for X-Ray Lasers
G Nersisyan, T Dzelzainis, CLS Lewis, D Riley, R Ferrari, M Zepf, M Borghesi, L Romagnani, D Doria, D. Marlow, B Dromey

9. Photon Frontier Network
Y. Kato, M. Gonokami, R. Kodama, Y. Sano, S. Yagi, T. Yabuzaki

II. Transient Collisional X-Ray Lasers

10. Grazing Incidence Pumping (GRIP): Single- vs. Double- Pulse Arrangement
K. A. Janulewicz, C. M. Kim, H. T. Kim, J. Lee

11. An Improved Double-Pulse Non-Normal Incidence Pumping Geometry for Transient Collisionally Excited Soft X-Ray Lasers
Daniel Zimmer, Vincent Bagnoud, Boris Ecker, Udo Eisenbarth, Jamil Habib, Daniel Hochhaus, Dasa Javorkova, Sophie Kazamias, Thomas Kuehl, David Ros, Daniel Ursescu, Bernhard Zielbauer

12. Generation of the Circularly Polarized X-Ray Laser Using the Pulse-Power Magnet
N. Hasegawa, T. Kawachi, A. Sasaki, H. Yamatani, A. Iwamae, M. Kishimoto, M. Tanaka, Y. Ochi, M. Nishikino, Y. Kunieda, H. Kawazome, K. Nagashima, H. Yoneda

13. Gain Saturation of the Ni-like Antimony Laser at 11.4 nm in Grazing-Incidence Pumping Geometry
C. Imesch, F. Staub, J. E. Balmer

14. Temporal Coherence and Spectral Line Shape of a GRIP Transient X-Ray Laser
J. Habib, A. Klisnick, O. Guilbaud, D. Joyeux, B. Zielbauer, S. Kazamias, D. Ros, F. Dortan, M. Pittman

III. High Repetition Rate X-Ray Lasers

15. High Coherence Injection-Seeded Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers at Wavelengths Down to 13.2 nm
J. J. Rocca, Y. Wang, F. Pedaci, B. Luther, M. Berrill, D. Alessi, E. Granados, M. Man Shakya, S. Gilbertson, Z. Chang

16. Characterization of a Seeded Optical-Field Ionized Collisional Soft X-Ray Laser
J. P. Goddet, S. Sebban, O. Guilbaud, J. Gautier, Ph. Zeitoun, C. Valentin, F. Tissandier, T. Marchenko, G. Lambert, J. Nejdl, B. Cros, G Maynard, B. Robillard, S. Kazamias, K. Cassou, A. Klisnick, D. Ros, J. Benredjem, T. Mocek, M. Kozlová, K. Jakubczak

17. Investigation on the Spatial Properties of Silver X-Ray Laser Using GRIP Schemes
H. T. Kim, K. A. Janulewicz, C. M. Kim, I. W. Choi, J. H. Sung, T. J. Yu, S. K. Lee, T. M. Jeong, D. -K. Ko, P. V. Nickles, J. Tümmler, J. Lee

18. Spatial Filtering of High Order Harmonics by an OFI Plasma Amplifier
J. P. Goddet, S. Sebban, Ph. Zeitoun, J. Gautier, C. Valentin, F. Tissandier, T. Marchenko, G. Lambert, J. Nejdl, B. Cros, G. Maynard, B. Robillard, T. Mocek, M. Kozlová, K. Jakubczak

19. New Driver Laser System for Double Target X-Ray Lasers at JAEA
Y. Ochi, N. Hasegawa, T. Kawachi, M. Nishikino, M. Tanaka, M. Kishimoto, T. Ohba

IV. Optical-Field-Ionised (OFI) X-Ray Lasers

20. Toward Ultraintense Compact RBS Pump for Recombination 3.4 nm Laser via OFI
S. Suckewer, J. Ren, S. Li, Y. Lou, A. Morozov, D. Turnbull, Y. Avitzour

21. High Brightness Optical-Field-Ionization X-Ray Lasers Driven in Plasma Waveguides
M. -C. Chou, P. -H. Lin, R. -P. Huang, S. -Y. Chen, H. -H. Chu, J. Wang, J. -Y. Lin

22. Temporal Coherence and Spectral Linewidth of a Seeded Soft X-Ray Laser Pulse
O. Guilbaud, J. P. Goddet, S. Sebban, D. Joyeux, D. Ros, J. Gautier, K. Cassou, S. Kazamias, A. Klisnick, J. Habib, P. Zeitoun, D. Benredjem, S. Rossi, G. Maynard, B. Cros, A. Boudaa, D. Phalippou, A. Calisti

V. Theory and Simulations

23. The Scaling of Recombination Following Tunnel Ionisation and its Suitability for Generating X-Ray Laser Gain
G J Pert

24. Advances in Understanding the Anomalous Dispersion of Plasmas in the X-Ray Regime
Joseph Nilsen, K. T. Cheng, Walter R. Johnson

25. Recent Developments on Seeded or Unseeded Transient X-Ray Lasers
A. Klisnick, O. Larroche, F. Dortan, J. Habib, O. Guilbaud, S. Kazamias, D. Ros, B. Zielbauer

26. Influence of the number of atomic levels on the modelling of collisional X-ray lasers
F. Dortan, M. Busquet, A. Bar-Shalom, M. Klapisch, J. Oreg, B. Rus, M. Kozlova, J. Nejdl

27. Modelling of Capillary Z-Pinch Recombination Pumping of Hydrogen-Like Ion EUV Lasers
P. Vrba, N. A. Bobrova, P. V. Sasorov, M. Vrbova, J. Hubner

28. Propagation of a High-Harmonic Pulse Through a Population-Inverted Medium
Chul Min Kim, Karol A. Janulewicz, Hyung Taek Kim, Do-Kyeong Ko, Jongmin Lee

29. Modeling of an Ultra-Short X-Ray Laser Pulse Amplification Through an Optical-Field-Ionized Gas Using a Maxwell-Bloch Treatment
B Robillart, G. Maynard, B. Cros, A. Boudaa, J. Dubau, S. Sebban, JP. Goddet

30. Effects of Inhomogeneous Incident Line Focus on 2D Hydrodynamic Behaviour of X-Ray Laser Plasma on Slab
T. Cheng, Y. J. Li, L. M. Meng, J. Zhang

31. Excitation Rates for Transitions in Ne-Like Ni XIX
K M Aggarwal, F P Keenan

32. Conversion Efficiency Calculations for Soft X-Rays Emitted from Tin Plasma for Lithography Applications
P. Demir, P. Demir, E. Kacar, S. K. Bilikmen, A. Demir

33. Theoretical Investigation of Photo-pumping X-Ray Lasers Using Kα Line from Solid Target
T. Kawachi, Y. Kato

VI. High Harmonic Generation (HHG)

34. Coherent Water-Window X-Ray Generation by Phase-Matched High Harmonics in Neutral Media
Eiji J. Takahashi, Katsumi Midorikawa

35. Relativisitically Oscillating Mirrors — an Ultrabright Attosecond Source
M. Zepf, B. Dromey, M. Geissler, R. Hörlein, Y. Nomura, G. D. Tsakiris, S. Rykovanov

36. Spectral Characteristics of Strong High-Harmonics Generated in a Two-Color Laser Field
C. H. Nam, I J. Kim, G. H. Lee, S. B. Park, T. K. Kim, C. M. Kim

37. Diffraction Limited Harmonic Emission from Laser Produced Plasmas
B. Dromey, D. Adams, R. Hoerlein, Y. Nomura, D. Neely, G. Tsakiris, M. Zepf

VII. XUV Optics and Applications of X-Ray Lasers

38. X-Ray Lasers as Probes of Plasma Parameters
G J Tallents, N Booth, M H Edwards, L M R Gartside, H Huang, A K Rossall, E Wagenaars, D S Whittaker, Z Zhai

39. Advances in Nanoscale Resolution Soft X-Ray Laser Microscopy
C. S. Menoni, F. Brizuela, C. Brewer, D. Martz, P. Wachulak, S. Fernandez Jimenez, M. C. Marconi, J. J. Rocca, W. Chao, E. H. Anderson, D. T. Attwood, A. V. Vinogradov, I. A. Artioukov, Y. P. Pershyn, V. V. Kondratenko

40. Experimental Diagnosis of Plasma Jets by Using X-Ray Laser
Sun Jin-ren, Wang Chen, Fang Zhi-heng, Wang Wei, Xiong Jun, Fu Si-zu, Gu Yuan, Wang Shi-ji, Zheng Wu-di, Ye Wen-Hua, Qiao Xiu-Mei, Zhang Guo-ping

41. Soft X-Ray Holography with Wavelength Resolution
P. W. Wachulak, M. C. Marconi, R. Bartels, C. S. Menoni, J. J. Rocca

42. Ablation Measurements Using Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Transmission
N. Booth, M. H. Edwards, Z. Zhai, G. J. Tallents, T. Dzelzainis, R. Ferrari, C. L. S. Lewis, G. Gregori, D. Neely

43. High Sensitive Characterization of Microdomain Structures in PZN-PT (91/09) by Means of Coherent Soft X-Ray Laser Speckle
K. Namikawa, R. Z. Tai, M. Matsushita, K. Ohwada, M. Kishimoto

44. Warm Photoionized Plasmas Created by Soft X-Ray Laser Irradiation of Solid Targets
M. Berrill, F. Brizuela, B. Langdon, H. Bravo, C. S. Menoni, J. J. Rocca

45. Development of Multilayer Optics in EUV, Soft X-Ray and X-Ray Range at IPOE
Zhanshan Wang, Jingtao Zhu, Zhong Zhang, Xinbin Cheng, Jing Xu, Fengli Wang, Xiaoqiang Wang, Lingyan Chen

46. Highly Efficient Surface Modification of Solids by Dual Action of XUV/Vis-NIR Laser Pulses
T. Mocek, K. Jakubczak, J. Polan, P. Homer, B. Rus, I. J. Kim, C. M. Kim, S. B. Park, T. K. Kim, G. H. Lee, C. H. Nam, J. Chalupský, V. Hájková, L. Juha

47. Strand Breaks in DNA Samples Induced with LASERIX
B. Zielbauer, J. Habib, S. Kazamias, O. Guilbaud, M. Pittman, D. Ros, M. -A. Hervé du Penhoat, A. Touati, C. Le Sech, E. Porcel, S. Lacombe

48. High Resolution X-Ray Laser Backlighting of Plasmas Using Spatial Filtering Technique
M. Kozlová, B. Rus, T. Mocek, J. Polan, P. Homer, D. Snopek, K. Jakubczak, M. Fajardo, A. Barszczak Sardinha

49. Development of Soft X-Ray Fourier Transform Holography with Fresnel Zone Plate
Masaharu Nishikino, Hiroshi Yamatani, Keisuke Nagashima, Tetsuya Kawachi

50. Lensless Imaging Using Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers and High Harmonics Sources Reaching 70 nm Resolution
R. L. Sandberg, P. W. Wachulak, D. A. Raymondson, A. Paul, A. E. Sakdinawat, B. Amirbekian, E. Lee, Y. Liu, C. La-O-Vorakiat, C. Song, M. C. Marconi, C. S. Menoni, M. M. Murnane, J. J. Rocca, H. C. Kapteyn, J. Miao

51. Gas Phase Study of The Reactivity of Optical Coating Materials with Hydrocarbons Using a Compact Soft X-Ray Laser
S. Heinbuch, F. Dong, E. R. Bernstein, J. J. Rocca

52. Gas Phase Studies of Catalytic Processes Involving Vmon Clusters and their Reaction with Alcohols, Alkenes, Nox, and Nh3 Using a Desk-Top Size Soft X-Ray Laser
S. Heinbuch, F. Dong, E. R. Bernstein, J. J. Rocca

53. Time-of-Flight Measurements of Ion and Electron from Xenon Clusters Irradiated with a Soft X-Ray Laser Pulse
S. Namba, N. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino, M. Kishimoto, T. Kawachi, M. Tanaka, Y. Ochi, K. Nagashima, K. Takiyama

54. Calibration of a High Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectrometer
J. Dunn, P. Beiersdorfer, G. V. Brown, E. W. Magee

55. XUV Probing as a Diagnostic of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth
L M R Gartside, G J Tallents, J Pasley, J Gaffney, S Rose

56. Line Focus Geometry for Grazing Incidence Pumped X-Ray Lasers
Z. Zhai, M. H. Edwards, N. Booth, G. Tallents

57. Resolution and Feature Size Assessment in Soft X-Ray Microscopy Images
M. C. Marconi, P. W. Wachulak, C. Brewer, F. Brizuela, R. Bartels, C. S. Menoni, J. J. Rocca, E. Anderson, W. Chao

58. An Approach to the Generation of Uniform Line Foci for Use in X-Ray Laser Experiments
T. W. J. Dzelzainis, C. L. S. Lewis

59. Interferometric Lithography with a Desk-Top Size Soft X-Ray Laser
P. W. Wachulak, M. C. Marconi, W. Rockward, D. Hill, E. H. Anderson, C. S. Menoni, J. J. Rocca

60. Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectrum of Wide-Gap Semiconductors Excited by 13.9 nm X-Ray Laser
M. Tanaka, Y. Furukawa, T. Nakazato, T. Tatsumi, H. Murakami, T. Shimizu, N. Sarukura, M. Nishikino, T. Kawachi, Y. Kagamitani, D. Ehrentraut, T. Fukuda, H. Nishimura, K. Mima

VIII. Alternative Approaches for Sources of Bright X-Rays

61. Application of Extremely Bright and Coherent Soft and Hard X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Radiation
Th. Tschentscher

62. Design Study of Compact Thomson X-Ray Sources for Material and Life Sciences Applications
E. G. Bessonov, M. V. Gorbunkov, P. V. Kostryukov, Yu. Ya. Maslova, V. G. Tunkin, A. A. Postnov, A. A. Mikhailichenko, V. I. Shvedunov, B. S. Ishkhanov, A. V. Vinogradov

63. An Attempt to Generate an Inner-Shell Photo-Ionisation Pumped X-Ray Laser Using the ASTRA Laser at RAL
T. W. J. Dzelzainis, M. Streeter, F. Y. Khattak, R. Ferrari, C. L. S. Lewis, D. Riley, R. Tommasini, G. Gregori

64. Electron Self-Injection and Radiation in the Laser Plasma Accelerator
M. R. Islam, S. Cipiccia, B. Ersfeld, A. Reitsma, J. L. Martin, L. Silva, D. A. Jaroszynski

65. Emission Spectroscopy from an XUV Laser Irradiated Solid Target
T. W. J. Dzelzainis, F. Y. Khattak, B. Nagler, S. Vinko, T. Whitcher, A. J. Nelson, R. W. Lee, S Bajt, S. Toleikis, R. Fäustlin, T. Tschentscher, L. Juha, M. Kozlova, J Chalupsky, V. Hajkova, J. Krzywinski, R. Soberierski, M. Jurek, M. Fajardo, F. B. Rosmej, P. Heinmann, J. S. Wark, D. Riley

66. Innershell X-Ray Laser in Sodium Vapor: Final Steps Towards Experimental Verification
J. Nejdl, T. Mocek, B. Rus, S. Sebban, B. Wellegehausen

Keywords: Physics, Physics, general, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Plasma Physics, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Laser Technology, Photonics