This article reviews the progress in the development of practical table-top sources of soft x-
ray laser radiation. The field is rapidly approaching the stage at which soft x-ray lasers …

A novel two-step excitation scheme for an efficient table-top x-ray laser has been realized for
the first time. A nanosecond pulse creates a plasma of neonlike ions of titanium, followed by …

This volume represents the most complete, up-to-date compilation of wavelengths of lasers
in all media. Divided by type-solid, liquid, and gas-and listed in order of increasing …

Lasers continue to be an amazingly robust field of activity. Anyone seeking a photon source
is now confronted with an enormous number of possible lasers and laser wavelengths to …

We report experimental results of x-ray amplification of spontaneous emission in a Ni-like
transient collisional excitation scheme. The Ni-like plasma formation, ionization, and …

We report an application of the prepulse technique which uses a low-intensity prepulse
before the main optical drive pulse to prepare the plasma prior to lasing in low-Z, Ne-like …

For the simulation of laser‐created plasmas, hydrodynamic codes need an atomic physics
package, for both the equation of state and the optical properties, which does not use the …

Saturation of a low pump energy x-ray laser utilizing a transient inversion mechanism on the
3 p− 3 s transition at 32.63 nm in Ne-like Ti has been demonstrated. A close to saturation …

We report on measurements of the output power from the J= 2–1 (λ= 15.5 nm) neonlike
yttrium soft-x-ray laser. The results show peak powers of 32 MW in an output pulse width of …

Recent x-ray laser reviewsl-3 summarized the significant progress achieved in this field,
following the first successful demonstration of collisionally excited4 and recombination …