Ultrafast optics has undergone a revolution in the past two decades, driven by new methods
of pulse generation, amplification, manipulation, and measurement. We review the …

This review is concerned with pulse stretchers and compressors as key components of ultra-
high power laser facilities that take advantage of chirped-pulse amplification. The …

Accurately characterizing the field of broadband optical pulses is required for develo**
new optical sources, performing successful experiments, and interpreting experimental …

A time-resolved measurement of the output from the Ni-like Ag transient-collisional-
excitation x-ray laser is described. An ultrafast x-ray streak camera was used to diagnose the …

We report the complete spatio-temporal characterization of ultrashort light pulses using a
self-referencing device based on shearing interferometry in the space and frequency …

Silver and tin slab targets were irradiated by line-focused chirped pulse amplification glass
laser light. In this experiment, the laser pulses consisted of two pulses with 4 ps duration …

We report the complete spatiotemporal characterization of ultrashort light pulses by use of a
self-referencing device based on shearing interferometry in the space and frequency …

Recent advances in pulsed electron gun technology have resulted in femtosecond electron
pulses becoming available for ultrafast electron diffraction experiments. For experiments …

We report on progress in the optimization and understanding of the collisional pum** of x-
ray lasers in the transient regime using an ultrashort subpicosecond heating pulse. An …

We report what is to our knowledge the first demonstration of a transient x-ray laser pumped
by a 350-fs pulse in a traveling-wave irradiation geometry. For a 500-fs pump pulse the …