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Influence of Detuning of the Seeding VUV Radiation from the Resonance on Formation of Subfemtosecond Pulses in the Active Medium of the Plasma-Based X-Ray Laser Dressed by an Intense IR Field

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We have studied the influence of detuning of quasimonochromatic seeding vacuum ultraviolet (VUV)/X-ray radiation from the frequency of the inverted transition of the hydrogen-like active medium of the plasma-based X-ray laser dressed by an intense infrared (IR) laser field on the formation of a subfemtosecond pulse train. For the active medium (plasma) of Li2+ ions with the inverted transition wavelength of 13.5 nm, it is demonstrated that the use of the seeding radiation detuned from the resonance by double the frequency of the modulating field allows a fourfold increase in the peak intensity of the formed pulses relative to the case of the exact resonance, while the maximum contrast is preserved.

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The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-72-00140. O.A. Kocharovskaya acknowledges the support of the National Science Foundation, project no. PHY-201-2194.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    I. R. Khairulin, V. A. Antonov & M. Yu. Ryabikin

  2. Nizhny Novgorod State University, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    I. R. Khairulin & M. Yu. Ryabikin

  3. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Antonov & M. Yu. Ryabikin

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M Universityn, TX 77843-4242, College Station, USA

    O. A. Kocharovskaya

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Khairulin, I.R., Antonov, V.A., Ryabikin, M.Y. et al. Influence of Detuning of the Seeding VUV Radiation from the Resonance on Formation of Subfemtosecond Pulses in the Active Medium of the Plasma-Based X-Ray Laser Dressed by an Intense IR Field. Phys. Wave Phen. 29, 234–243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X21030079

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