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Investigation of the gain anomaly of lithiumlike ion 3d–4f and 3d–5f lasers in a recombining silicon plasma

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We report an experimental investigation of the gain anomaly of lithiumlike 3d4f and 3d5f lasers in a recombining silicon plasma. We examined the spatial distribution of gain coefficients of the two lasing lines and found that the peak gain of the 3d5f laser occurs closer to the target surface than that of the 3d4f laser, which is contrary to the results predicted by simulation. This discrepancy, which to our knowledge was not pointed out before, was found to be relevant to the gain anomaly of lithiumlike-ion 3d4f and 3d5f lasers. A small prepulse was introduced to modify the state of a silicon plasma column with which the spontaneous-emission amplification of lithiumlike silicon ion 3d4f and 3d5f transitions was observed. The prepulse-induced behaviors were quite different for the two lines. These results suggest that the sensitivity of the gain of the 3d4f laser to the plasma density and the population of the 3d level tends to reduce the difference in laser gain between the 3d4f and 3d5f transitions predicted by standard atomic physics codes.

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