Gradient index have been made by a laser polymerization in a copolymer thin films containing barium ion using the irradiation of scanning YAG laser. The monomer of copolymer is compound acrylic acid, organic carboxylic acid containing barium ion (45 mol%) and chlorostyrene. The laser polymerized gradient index thin films (thickness: 10μm) showed a 700μm wide, gaussian shape in the gradient-index distribution, whose maximum refractive-index difference is 0.024, and length is 1 cm.
Generation of intense coherent radiation with an electron beam pumped argon excimer laser is presented for various kinds of cavity mirrors, such as thin film aluminum, quartz and Si. A tunable oscillation was established in the wavelength range from 124nm to 127.5nm, and the maximum output power of 2.2MW was obtained at the line center. The spectral region is extended using stimulated Raman scattering in hydrogen molecules. The high conversion efficiency is as high as about 50% in 8atm hydrogen gas.
X-ray conversion efficiency at 0.53μm-wavelength laser pulse with a precurser laser pulse is investigated systematically. Enhancement of the conversion efficiency at ke V range is obtained when the prepulse laser intensity ranges from 1013 to 1014 W/cm2. The conversion efficiency increases with prepulse laser intensity but tends to saturate above certain range. Longer pulse interval produced larger enhancement.