Soft X‐ray laser experiments at the Novette laser facility

We discuss the results of and future plans for experiments to study the possibility of producing an x‐ray laser. The schemes we have investigated are all pumped by the Novette Laser, operated at short pulse (τL∼100 psec) and an incident wavelength of λL∼0.53 μm. We have studied the possibility of lasing at 53.6, 68.0−72.0, 119.0, and 153.0 eV, using the inversion methods of resonant photo‐excitation, collisional excitation, and three‐body recombination.