X-Ray Lasers 2012: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 11–15 June 2012, Paris, France

Front Matter....Pages I-XXX
Coherent Pulses from a Seeded Free-Electron Laser in the Extreme Ultraviolet....Pages 1-6
Enhancement of Efficiency of XUV Generation in Atomic Gases Irradiated by Intense Laser Fields....Pages 7-12
All-Optical Raman XFEL, Based on the Electron Emission in a Transverse High Intensity Optical Lattice....Pages 13-18
Optical Transforms Related to Coherent Imaging of Inclined Objects....Pages 19-27
Soft-X-Ray Lasing down to 6.85 nm in Ni-Like Samarium....Pages 29-34
Fourier Optics Study of Traveling-Wave Excitation at Short-Wavelength Plasma-Lasing....Pages 35-38
Coherent Short-Wavelength Plasma Radiation for Lab-scale Nano-inspection Tools....Pages 39-44
Ion Temperature and Cross-relaxation Effects on OFI Soft-X-Ray Laser....Pages 45-48
Study of Particle Correlation Effects on Line Profiles of Ni-Like Collisional XUV Laser Amplifier....Pages 49-53
The LUNEX5 Project in France....Pages 55-62
High Harmonic Generation Driven by Two Quasi-collinear Pulses....Pages 63-68
Real-Time Observation of Laser Heated Metals with High Brightness Monochromatic X-Ray Techniques at Present and Their Future Prospects....Pages 69-76
Generation and Application of Coherent Radiation in the Water Window....Pages 77-81
Time-Dependent Simulation of Carbon Illuminated by a High Intensity X-Ray Laser....Pages 83-87
Regenerative Laser Cavity Tuning for Efficient Soft-X-Ray Laser Operation....Pages 89-96
X-Ray Laser Developments at PHELIX....Pages 97-104
Parabolic Equation and Exact Transparent Boundary Conditions in X-Ray Optics—Application to Waveguides and Whispering Gallery Optics....Pages 105-108
Harmonic Generation and Soft-X-Ray Laser with LASERIX: Source Development, Applications and Advanced Diagnosis....Pages 109-116
Observation of the Laser-Induced Surface Dynamics Using the Single-Shot Soft X-Ray Laser Probe....Pages 117-120
Nano-meter Size Modification of Metal Surfaces Induced by Soft X-Ray Laser Single Pulse....Pages 121-124
Speckle Statistics, Coherence and Polarization of a Collisional Soft X-Ray Laser....Pages 125-135
Upscaling of X-Ray Laser Repetition Rate Using an OPCPA Architecture....Pages 137-141
Source Development of Novel Coherent X-Rays and Their Applications in JAEA....Pages 143-150
Characterization of Zn X-Ray Laser at PALS Centre, Its Applications in Dense Plasma Probing and Astrophysics....Pages 151-159
Development of High Reflective Multilayer Mirrors at “Water Window” Wavelengths in IPOE....Pages 161-164
Time Resolved Holography Scheme Using a Table Top Soft X-Ray Laser....Pages 165-170
Plasma Homogenization for Overcoming Refractive Losses in X-Ray Lasers....Pages 171-174
Temporal Coherence and Spectral Linewidth of Neon-Like XUV Lasers Pumped in the Quasi-steady State Regime....Pages 175-180
Spectral Broadening of Ni-Like XUV Laser Lines....Pages 181-184
Visualization of Rapid Dynamic Interactions by Flash Soft X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 185-192
Using the X-FEL to Understand X-Ray Thomson Scattering for Partially Ionized Plasmas....Pages 193-198
Development of Soft X-Ray Microscopy Using Fresnel Zone Plate for Observation of Laser-Induce Surface Dynamics....Pages 199-202
0.27 GW Soft X-Ray Pulse Using a Plasma-Based Amplification Chain....Pages 203-208
Harmonic Generation in Argon by Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire Laser....Pages 209-213
Demonstration of a 100 Hz Repetition Rate Soft X-Ray Laser and Gain-Saturated Sub-10 nm Table-Top Lasers....Pages 215-225
Optical Correction of X-Ray Laser Illumination for Short-Wavelength Microscopy....Pages 227-230
Repetitive XUV Discharge-Pumped Laser at 46.9 nm....Pages 231-234
Line-Focus Generation for X-Ray Laser Pumping....Pages 235-238
Critical Components for XUV Probing of Laser Driven Shocks....Pages 239-242
High Density Optical-Field-Ionization Soft X-Ray Lasers....Pages 243-255
Spectral Linewidth Measurement of a Ne-Like Ar Capillary Discharge Soft X-Ray Laser....Pages 257-261
Defect Tolerant Talbot Nanopatterning....Pages 263-267
Imaging in Nanoscale Using Laser-Plasma Sources of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV)....Pages 269-276
Experiments to Diagnose Plasma with a Soft X-Ray Laser Double-Frequency Grating Interferometry....Pages 277-282
Heavy-Ion Spectroscopy with X-Ray Lasers at GSI....Pages 283-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-290