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We have succeeded in developing a laser-pumped X-ray laser with full spatial coherence at 13.9 nm. The X-ray laser beam with a very small divergence of 0.2 mrad was generated from double target experiments, where a seeding light from the first laser medium was amplified in the second laser medium. The observed divergence was close to the diffraction limit value within a factor of two. The seeding light was amplified in the second medium without refraction influence and the gain coefficient was 7.9 cm-1. From the measurement of visibility, it was found that the spatial coherent length was longer than the beam diameter.
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Nagashima, K., Tanaka, M., Nishikino, M. et al. Development of a full spatial coherent X-ray laser at 13.9 nm. Appl Phys B 78, 927–932 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1432-7
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