Coherent Sources of XUV Radiation Soft X-Ray Lasers and High-Order Harmonic Generation /

• Main Author: Jaeglé, Pierre (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: Optical Sciences, 106
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Extreme ultraviolet radiation, also referred to as soft X-rays or XUV, offers very special optical properties. The X-UV refractive index of matter is such that normal reflection cannot take place on polished surfaces whereas beam transmission through one micrometer of almost all materials reduces to...

Table of Contents:

• to Coherent Extreme-Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Sources
• Short Survey of XUV Emission Mechanisms and Sources
• XUV Optics
• Coherent XUV Radiation Beams
• State of the Art and Prospect of X-Ray Lasers
• Beginnings
• General Features of X-Ray Lasers
• Propagation of XUV Laser Beams
• Saturated XUV Lasers
• Recombination Lasers
• Schemes for Future Soft X-Ray Lasers
• High Harmonic Generation
• Survey of the Theoretical Background
• General Characteristics of High-Order Harmonic Emission
• A Survey of Coherent XUV Sources Applications
• Time-Resolution About 100 Picoseconds
• Time-Resolution About One Picosecond
• Subfemtosecond Time-Resolution
• Future Prospects.