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 …

We report the first observation of large soft-x-ray amplification (gl= 7.2) in a discharge-
created plasma. A fast,∼ 40 kA, current pulse from a compact discharge was used to excite …

Saturated tabletop lasers operating at 5 Hz repetition rate with average powers> 1 μ W were
demonstrated at wavelengths between 16.5 and 13.9 nm in the 4 d S 0 1–4 p P 1 1 …

We report the generation of laser pulse energies up to 30 μ J at 46.9 nm in the plasma
column of a fast compressional capillary discharge. Double pass experiments using an …

Table-top capillary discharge soft x-ray lasers combine the advantages of a small size and a
high repetition rate with an extremely high brightness similar to that of their laboratory-size …

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

We have performed systematic measurements and numerical modeling of the divergence
and exit beam size of a 46.9 nm Ne-like Ar capillary discharge pumped soft-x-ray amplifier …

Capillary discharge experiments were carried out for soft X-ray laser studies. A ceramic
capillary, which has an inner diameter of 3 mm and a length of 150 mm, has been used for …

We report the generation of plasma columns in gas-filled capillary channels using discharge
excitation powers that exceed those of previous studies by one to two orders of magnitude …

We have designed, fabricated and tested a soft X-ray device, which uses a capillary
discharge to achieve neon-like argon lasing. The ceramic capillary has an inner diameter of …