X-Ray Lasers 2016: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Overview of Laser-Driven Coherent Short-Wavelength Sources at PALS and ELI Beamlines  (J. Nejdl, M. Kozlová, V. Nefedova, M. Albrecht, M. Krůs, J. Gautier et al.)....Pages 3-10
 High Average Power Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers Using Diode-Pumped Laser Drivers  (J. J. Rocca, B. A. Reagan, C. Baumgarten, M. Pedicone, L. Yin, V. N. Shlyaptsev et al.)....Pages 11-19
 Progress and Prospects of X-Ray Laser Research in QST  (M. Nishikino, N. Hasegawa, M. Ishino, T. Imazono, A. Sasaki, K. Mikami et al.)....Pages 21-24
 DAGON: A 3D Maxwell–Bloch Code  (E. Oliva, M. Cotelo, J. C. Escudero, S. Vicens, A. González, P. Velarde)....Pages 25-28
 Plasma-Source High-Resolution XUV Spectroscopy as Complementary to Beamlines Limitations  (F. Barbato, D. Bleiner)....Pages 29-35
 The Creation of Radiation Dominated Plasmas Using Laboratory X-Ray Lasers  (G. J. Tallents, S. Wilson, V. Aslanyan, A. West, A. K. Rossall, C. S. Menoni et al.)....Pages 37-43
 Plasma Dynamics in Capillary Discharges  (P. V. Sasorov)....Pages 45-51
 MHD Simulation of Various Cross-Section Capillary Discharges  (Gennadiy Bagdasarov, P. V. Sasorov, Alexey Boldarev, Olga Olkhovskaya, Anthony Gonsalves, Stepan Sergeevich Bulanov et al.)....Pages 53-57
 Towards Generation of Sub-fs Pulses Using Lasing to Ground States of H-Like LiIII at 13.5 nm and He-Like CV at 4 nm  (O. Kocharovskaya, T. R. Akhmedzhanov, V. A. Antonov, A. Morozov, A. Goltsov, M. O. Scully et al.)....Pages 59-62
 Numerical Calculation of Gain Coefficient for Recombination X-Ray Lasers in a Carbon Cluster Plasma  (H. Kawazome, S. Namba)....Pages 63-68
Front Matter ....Pages 69-69
 Investigations on Ultrafast Atomic and Molecular Dynamics with Harmonic Sources  (Chang Hee Nam, Hyeok Yun, Kyung Taec Kim, Hyung Taek Kim)....Pages 71-78
 Characterization of Partially Coherent Ultrashort XUV Pulses  (Charles Bourassin-Bouchet)....Pages 79-84
 High-Order Harmonic Generation by Relativistic Plasma Singularities: The Driving Laser Requirements  (A. S. Pirozhkov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, T. A. Pikuz, A. Ya. Faenov, K. Ogura, Y. Hayashi et al.)....Pages 85-92
 HHG Beam Wavefront Characterization at 30 nm  (P. Homer, B. Rus, J. Hrebicek, J. Nejdl)....Pages 93-99
 Using the XFEL to Drive Gain in K-Shell and L-Shell Systems Using Photoionization and Photoexcitation of Inner Shell Transitions  (Joseph Nilsen)....Pages 101-104
 Superfluorescence/Superradiance in Helium Following Free-Electron Laser Excitation  (J. R. Harries, S. Kuma, H. Iwayama, E. Shigemasa)....Pages 105-108
 In Situ Characterization of XFEL Beam Intensity Distribution and Focusability by High-Resolution LiF Crystal Detector  (T. A. Pikuz, A. Ya. Faenov, T. Matsuoka, B. Albertazzi, N. Ozaki, N. Hartely et al.)....Pages 109-115
 Achieving Laser Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beams of Low Enough Energy Spread for an X-FEL  (J. K. Koga, S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando)....Pages 117-120
 Proposal for Experiment Systems Using Laser-Driven Heavy Ions and XFELs to Understand Physical Phenomena Occurring Near the Incident Ion Path  (Kengo Moribayashi)....Pages 121-123
Front Matter ....Pages 125-125
 Laser-Driven Plasma-Based Incoherent X-Ray Sources at PALS and ELI Beamlines  (M. Kozlová, K. Bohaček, V. Horný, K. Ta Phuoc, J. Nejdl, S. Sebban et al.)....Pages 127-134
 Research on Laser Acceleration and Coherent X-Ray Generation Using J-KAREN-P Laser  (M. Kando, A. S. Pirozhkov, M. Nishiuchi, H. Kiriyama, A. Kon, H. Sakaki et al.)....Pages 135-142
 X-Rays Driven by Single-Cycle, Petawatt Lasers: A Path to Exawatt Pulses  (J. Wheeler, G. Cojocaru, R. Ungureanu, R. Banici, R. Gonin, S. Mironov et al.)....Pages 143-147
 Ultra-intense X-Ray Radiation Photopumping of Exotic States of Matter by Relativistic Laser–Plasma in the Radiation-Dominated Kinetic Regime (RDKR)  (A. Ya. Faenov, J. Colgan, S. A. Pikuz, A. Zhidkov, T. A. Pikuz, J. Abdallah Jr. et al.)....Pages 149-158
 Enhanced Coherent Thomson Scattering in the Few-Cycle Regime  (Ke Hu, Hui-Chun Wu)....Pages 159-162
 Plasma Channel Undulator for Narrow-Bandwidth X-Ray Generation  (S. G. Rykovanov, J. W. Wang, V. Yu. Kharin, B. Lei, C. B. Schroeder, C. G. R. Geddes et al.)....Pages 163-166
 Three-Dimensional Supersonic Sapphire Micronozzles for Laser-Plasma Wakefield Accelerators  (V. Tomkus, L. Rimgaila, V. Stankevič, G. Račiukaitis)....Pages 167-171
 Generating Ultrahigh Brilliance Quasi-monochromatic MeV γ-Rays with High-Quality LWFA Electron Beams  (C. H. Yu, R. Qi, W. T. Wang, J. S. Liu, W. T. Li, C. Wang et al.)....Pages 173-178
 Features of Induced X-Ray Radiation and Possible Tandem FEL Realization on Channeling Particles  (V. I. Vysotskii, M. V. Vysotskyy)....Pages 179-184
 Features of Resonant Absorption and Short-Wavelength Laser Amplification in Realistic Media  (V. I. Vysotskii, M. V. Vysotskyy)....Pages 185-189
Front Matter ....Pages 191-191
 Observation and Investigation of Intensive Directional Quasi-coherent X-Ray Generated at Interaction of Cavitating Liquid Jet with a Target  (V. I. Vysotskii, A. A. Kornilova)....Pages 193-198
 Laser-Plasma X-Ray Source Based on Cryogenic Targets  (S. Amano)....Pages 199-202
 Photoionization of Atomic Neon Induced Using Nanosecond Pulses of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV)  (I. Saber, A. Bartnik, P. Wachulak, W. Skrzeczanowski, R. Jarocki, H. Fiedorowicz)....Pages 203-211
 Effects of Equation of State on Fluid Simulations for Laser-Produced Plasmas  (C. Ikeda, A. Sunahara, S. Namba)....Pages 213-217
Front Matter ....Pages 219-219
 Soft X-Ray Laser Ablation Mass Spectrometry for Chemical Composition Imaging in Three Dimensions (3D) at the Nanoscale  (C. S. Menoni, I. Kuznetsov, T. Green, W. Chao, E. R. Bernstein, D. C. Crick et al.)....Pages 221-230
 Coherent Diffraction Imaging with Tabletop XUV Sources  (M. Zürch, A. Guggenmos, R. Jung, J. Rothhardt, C. Späth, J. Tümmler et al.)....Pages 231-241
 X-Ray Reflection Imaging of Inclined and Obliquely Illuminated Objects  (I. A. Artyukov, A. S. Busarov, N. L. Popov, A. V. Vinogradov)....Pages 243-250
 Nanoscale Imaging Using a Compact Laser Plasma Source of Soft X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV)  (P. Wachulak, A. Torrisi, M. Ayele, J. Czwartos, A. Bartnik, R. Jarocki et al.)....Pages 251-260
 ERL-Based Laser-Compton Scattering X-Ray Source for X-Ray Imaging  (A. Kosuge, T. Akagi, Y. Honda, S. Araki, J. Urakawa, N. Terunuma et al.)....Pages 261-264
 2D and 3D Nanoscale Imaging Using High Repetition Rate Laboratory-Based Soft X-Ray Sources  (H. Stiel, A. Blechschmidt, A. Dehlinger, R. Jung, E. Malm, B. Pfau et al.)....Pages 265-272
 The Observation of Transient Thin Film Structures During the Femto-Second Laser Ablation Process by Using the Soft X-Ray Laser Probe  (N. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino, M. Ishino, N. Ohnishi, A. M. Ito, Y. Minami et al.)....Pages 273-277
 Spectrally Resolved Spatial Interference for Single-Shot Temporal Metrology of Ultrashort Soft-X-Ray Pulses  (Hugo Dacasa, Benoît Mahieu, Julien Gautier, S. Sebban, Philippe Zeitoun)....Pages 279-284
Front Matter ....Pages 285-285
 Multilayer Mirrors for Focusing Objective in 40-nm Wavelength Region  (M. Toyoda, Y. Tamaru, S. Mori, K. Sawada, Y. Fu, E. J. Takahashi et al.)....Pages 287-290
 Manufacture of High Precision, Multilayer Based Polarimeter Designed for Wide Energy Range from EUV to Soft X-Ray  (H. Takenaka, N. Kuwabara, N. Kamachi, S.-Y. Liu, K. Endo, T. Ohchi et al.)....Pages 291-295
 Proposal of Hypereutectic Al–Si-Based Multilayer Mirrors for Wavelength Between 20 nm and 25 nm  (M. Hatayama, S. Ichimaru, T. Ohchi, S. Oku)....Pages 297-302
 Irradiation Damage Test of Mo/Si, Ru/Si and Nb/Si Multilayers Using the Soft X-Ray Laser Built at QST  (S. Ichimaru, M. Ishino, M. Nishikino, M. Hatayama, N. Hasegawa, T. Kawachi et al.)....Pages 303-308
 Mo/Si Multilayer-Coated Photodiode Detector for Monitoring Soft X-Ray Laser Intensity  (T. Imazono)....Pages 309-313
 Analysis of Reflection Signal from EUV Multilayer Mirror for Irradiation-Induced Damage Study  (M. Ishino, S. Ichimaru, M. Hatayama, N. Hasegawa, S. Oku, M. Nishikino)....Pages 315-319
 Investigation of Surface Excitation Effect for Ablation of 4H-SiC Substrate Using Double-Pulse Beam  (K. Matsunaga, T. Hayashi, S. Kurokawa, H. Yokoo, N. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino et al.)....Pages 321-326
 Ablation of LiF and CsI by EUV Nanosecond Laser Pulse  (O. Frolov, K. Kolacek, J. Schmidt, J. Straus, A. Choukourov, P. Pira)....Pages 327-331
 Laser-Induced Damage on Silica Glasses by Irradiation of Soft X-Ray Laser Pulse  (K. Mikami, M. Ishino, T.- H. Dinh, Y. Yamamoto, N. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino et al.)....Pages 333-337
Front Matter ....Pages 339-339
 Performance of over 100 W HVM LPP-EUV Light Source  (S. Okazaki, H. Nakarai, T. Abe, K. M. Nowak, Y. Kawasuji, H. Tanaka et al.)....Pages 341-349
 EUV Free-Electron Laser Requirements for Semiconductor Manufacturing  (Erik R. Hosler, Obert R. Wood II)....Pages 351-359
 Coherent Lithography with Tabletop Soft X-Ray Lasers: Latest Achievements and Prospects  (M. C. Marconi, W. Li, C. Kyaw, W. Rockward, C. S. Menoni, J. J. Rocca)....Pages 361-366
 A 10 Hz Short-Pulse CO2 Laser System for Extreme Ultraviolet Source  (R. Amano, T. -H. Dinh, A. Sasanuma, G. Arai, Y. Fujii, A. Takahashi et al.)....Pages 367-371
 Modeling of Ablation of the Target Material for the Plasma for Coherent and Incoherent EUV Sources  (A. Sasaki, A. Sunahara, K. Nishihara, T. Nishikawa)....Pages 373-376
 Surface Layer Modification of Metal Nanoparticle Supported Polymer by Irradiation of Laser-Driven Extreme Ultraviolet Light  (N. Tanaka, R. Deguchi, N. Wada, K. Yasuda, A. Yogo, H. Nishimura)....Pages 377-381
 Micrometer-Scale Photo-Direct Machining of Polydimethylsiloxane Using Laser Plasma EUV Radiations  (H. Urai, T. Makimura, M. Ogawa)....Pages 383-386
Front Matter ....Pages 387-387
 Broadband High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometers for the Soft X-Ray Range  (A. O. Kolesnikov, A. A. Kuzin, D. V. Negrov, E. N. Ragozin, P. V. Sasorov, A. N. Shatokhin et al.)....Pages 389-393
 Development of Soft X-Ray Microscope in Water Window Using Laser-Produced Plasma Light Source  (T. Ejima, Y. Kondo, Y. Ono, T. -H. Dinh, T. Higashiguchi, T. Hatano)....Pages 395-399
 Development of Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering System Using Soft X-Ray Laser  (T. Kumada, N. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino, T. Otobe, R. Motokawa, T. Suemoto)....Pages 401-404
 Development of a High Repetition Rate and High Pulse Energy Nd:YAG MOPA Laser System  (K. Mikami, N. Hasegawa, H. Okada, S. Kondo, M. Nishikino, T. Kawachi)....Pages 405-408
 Evaluation of a Flat-Field Grazing Incidence Spectrometer for Highly Charged Ion Plasma Emission in 1–10 nm  (Y. Kondo, T.-H. Dinh, T. Tamura, S. Ohta, K. Kitano, T. Ejima et al.)....Pages 409-412
Back Matter ....Pages 413-421