Near Frequency Doubling through Four Wave Mixing in Plasma

摘要

Progress in the past decade has seen a considerable increase in the output power of XRLs along with an extension of demonstrable saturation to higher Z elements. This, combined with the success of the Ni-like scheme, makes viable the option of utilising nonlinear effects to extend the operating wavelengths of our XRLs. Here we identify potentially useful combinations of mixing plasmas and both Ne- and Ni-like XRLs. Modelling indicating the feasibility of experimentally demonstrating the process using the VULCAN laser at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is also presented.