Abstract
We report the operation of a saturated 12.8 eV (96.9 nm) laser in Cs vapor that has an extrapolated small signal gain of exp(83) in a total length of 17 cm. We believe that lasing occurs from a core-excited level embedded in the continuum of the valence electron. The laser is pumped by soft x-rays from a synchronous, traveling-wave, laser-produced (2.5 J, 15 ps, 1064 nm) plasma.
© 1988 Optical Society of America
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