Review of state-of-the-art and output characteristics of table-top soft x-ray lasers

摘要

X-ray lasers (XRLs) belong to the brightest existing short-wavelength sources. The development trends are discussed from the point of view their suitability for applications. A detailed analysis of the output parameters of the XRL with transient inversion proves that this type of laser has become sufficiently mature to be applied in practice. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.