William T. Silfvast

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William T. Silfvast

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According to Wikipedia, William Thomas Silfvast is an American physicist well known for his contributions to gas discharge laserss, soft x-ray lasers, and as the author of the influential textbook Laser Fundamentals. and also several thriller novels . Silfvast received his PhD in physics from the University of Utah and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford. He then spent much of his career at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, with a Guggenheim Fellowship at Stanford in 1982–83. Later he became a professor and chairman of the Physics Department at the University of Central Florida's Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers . Silfvast remains a Professor Emeritus at UCF, and is now retired and living in Oregon. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, and the IEEE. In 2010 Silfvast was selected as one of 27 'Laser Luminaries' during the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of the laser.

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Reduction imaging at 14 nm using multilayer‐coated optics: Printing of features smaller than 0.1 μm (1990) (126)
Intense xenon capillary discharge extreme-ultraviolet source in the 10-16-nm-wavelength region. (1998) (93)
Resonant Raman scattering in ZnS and ZnSe with the cadmium laser (1970) (71)
HIGH‐GAIN LASER TRANSITION IN LEAD VAPOR (1965) (59)
Photoionization lasers pumped by broadband soft-x-ray flux from laser-produced plasmas (1987) (52)
High-gain inner-shell photoionization laser in Cd vapor pumped by soft-x-ray radiation from a laser-produced plasma source. (1983) (41)
Simple metal-vapor recombination lasers using segmented plasma excitation (A) (1980) (40)
Laser Fundamentals: Preface to the First Edition (2004) (39)
Tenth micron lithography with a 10 Hz 37.2 nm sodium laser (1988) (38)
Intense EUV incoherent plasma sources for EUV lithography and other applications (1999) (37)
Intense plasma discharge source at 13.5 nm for extreme-ultraviolet lithography. (1997) (34)
Evolution of a CO2‐laser‐produced cadmium plasma (1977) (34)
Resonant Raman effect in the indirect gap semiconductor gallium phosphide (1969) (33)
Effect of laser pulse duration on short wavelength emission from femtosecond and picosecond laser‐produced Ta plasmas (1988) (32)
Laser action in the ionic spectra of zinc and cadmium (1965) (31)
Laser-produced plasmas for soft x-ray projection lithography (1992) (31)
Comparative extreme ultraviolet emission measurements for lithium and tin laser plasmas. (2007) (28)
Infrared emission and recombination from a dense sodium plasma produced by resonant optical pumping (1982) (27)
Characterization and control of laser plasma flux parameters for soft-x-ray projection lithography. (1993) (27)
Fundamentals of Photonics ( Course 1 of 8 . Now under field test ) (2003) (27)
Laser Fundamentals: FUNDAMENTAL WAVE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT (2004) (24)
Electron density and energy output limits of plasma‐recombination lasers (1982) (23)
Soft-x-ray projection lithography: printing of 0.2-microm features using a 20:1 reduction. (1990) (22)
Comparison of radiation from laser‐produced and dc‐heated plasmas in xenon (1974) (21)
Short‐wavelength annular‐field optical system for imaging tenth‐micron features (1989) (19)
Isoelectronic scaling of recombination lasers to higher ion stages and shorter wavelengths (1981) (18)
Population inversions with respect to the ground level of an ion or atom by the rapid cooling of a plasma (1976) (18)
High‐gain soft‐x‐ray‐pumped photoionization laser in zinc vapor (1984) (18)
Use of trilevel resists for high‐resolution soft‐x‐ray projection lithography (1990) (18)
Simplified Low‐Noise He–Cd Laser with Segmented Bore (1971) (18)
Velocity characterization of particulate debris from laser-produced plasmas used for extreme-ultraviolet lithography. (1995) (17)
Recombination lasers in Nd and CO(2) laser-produced cadmium plasmas. (1979) (16)
High-Temperature Lithium Metal-Vapor Capillary Discharge Extreme-Ultraviolet Source at 13.5 nm. (2000) (16)
High-power plasma discharge source at 13.5 nm and 11.4 nm for EUV lithography (1999) (15)
C3F7I photodissociation laser initiated by a CO2‐laser‐produced plasma (1974) (15)
Laser Fundamentals: Preface to the Second Edition (2004) (15)
Population inversions and the measurement of gain in laser-produced plasmas (1975) (15)
Ultra-high-gain laser-produced plasma laser in xenon using periodic pumping (1979) (14)
Photoionization-pumped gain at 185 nm in a laser-ablated indium plasma (1989) (12)
20:1 projection soft x-ray lithography using trilevel resist (1990) (11)
Soft x‐ray projection lithography using a 1:1 ring field optical system (1991) (11)
Intramolecular hydrogen bonding of azo dyes in aqueous solution. (1968) (11)
Stimulated emission in the ultraviolet by optical pumping from photoionization-produced inner-shell states in Cd(+). (1985) (11)
Single‐ion recombination lasers in CO2 laser‐vaporized target material (1984) (10)
Introduction to special issue of Applied Optics on soft-x-ray projection lithography. (1993) (10)
CO2‐laser‐produced plasma‐initiated neutral‐gas recombination lasers (1979) (10)
A Simple High Temperature System for cw Metal Vapor Lasers. (1970) (10)
Power output enhancement of a laser‐produced Cd plasma recombination laser by plasma confinement (1980) (9)
New recombination lasers in Li, Al, Ca and Cu in a segmented plasma device employing foil electrodes (1982) (9)
A 3400−Å p−terphenyl dye laser pumped by a CO2−laser−produced plasma (1975) (8)
EUV generation from lithium laser plasma for lithography (2006) (8)
Development of an electric capillary discharge source (2000) (8)
Laser action in ionized sulfur and phosphorus (1965) (7)
Direct conversion of CO2 laser energy to high‐voltage electrical energy using a laser‐produced plasma (1977) (7)
cw recombination laser action in a cadmium vapor arc (1983) (7)
Power scale-up of the extreme-ultraviolet electric capillary discharge source (2002) (6)
Soft x-ray projection lithography: experiments and practical printers (1991) (6)
Investigation of distortion and damage of molybdenum†silicon multilayer reflective coatings with high-intensity ultraviolet radiation. (1993) (5)
Development of a high-average-power extreme-ultraviolet electric capillary discharge source (2001) (5)
Xenon capillary discharge extreme-ultraviolet source emitting over a large angular range. (2001) (5)
Laser Action on Several Hyperfine Transitions in Mn i (1966) (5)
Neutral-atom recombination lasers in CO 2 laser-vaporized target material (1985) (5)
Electron collisional laser in Pb + populated by recombination (1978) (4)
uv dye lasers optically pumped by a CO2‐laser‐produced plasma (1977) (3)
Simple efficient travelin-wave excitation of short-wavelength lasers using a conical pumping geometry. (1989) (3)
Modeling of capillary discharge plasma for x-ray lasers, XUV lithography and other applications (2002) (3)
Cryogenic targets for Laser Plasma X-Ray Lithography Sources (1993) (3)
Laser Fundamentals: ENERGY LEVELS AND RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF MOLECULES, LIQUIDS, AND SOLIDS (2004) (3)
Characterization of the focused output from a selenium soft x‐ray laser (1989) (3)
Characterization of the tin-doped droplet laser plasma EUVL sources for HVM (2007) (3)
Soft-x-ray projection imaging with a 1:1 ring-field optic. (1993) (3)
The amazing cadmium atom (2000) (3)
Population Inversions in Lightning Discharges (2010) (2)
Initiation of a pulsed HF laser with a CO 2 laser-produced plasma (1979) (2)
Soft X-ray laser pointing and focusing experiments (1988) (2)
X‐ray reduction imaging at the NSLS (1991) (2)
Excited-level populations in C IV in a recombining Θ-pinch plasma (1993) (2)
Recombination lasers in expanding CO 2 laser-produced plasmas of argon, krypton and xenon (1977) (1)
Average velocity distribution measurements of target debris from a laser-produced plasma (1994) (1)
Helium–cadmium laser (2003) (1)
Direct photoionization pumping of high gain VUV, UV and visible inversions in helium, cadmium and argon via two‐electron (shakeup) and of sodium via the output from the LLNL soft‐x‐ray laser (2008) (1)
Recombination Lasers in the Vacuum Ultraviolet (1982) (1)
Exploring the Potential of Table ‐ top X‐ray Lasers and Capillary Discharges for Applications (2002) (1)
Laser plasma sources for soft x-ray projection lithography (1993) (1)
Laser Fundamentals: LASER SYSTEMS INVOLVING HIGH-DENSITY GAIN MEDIA (2004) (1)
New lasers and laser schemes (1982) (1)
Soft x rays produced by subpicosecond target irradiance (1987) (1)
Laser Fundamentals: WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT – THE INTERACTION OF LIGHT WITH MATERIALS (2004) (1)
Laser Fundamentals: LASER CAVITY MODES (2004) (0)
Optical Gain at 185 Nanometers in a Laser Ablated, Inner-Shell Photoionization-Pumped Indium Plasma (1986) (0)
Simple UV, Visible and IR Recombination Lasers in Expanding Metal Vapor Plasmas (1981) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: Acknowledgments (2004) (0)
Gains of 11.5 cm -1 in Cd + and 1.3 cm -1 in Xe 2+ produced by inner-shell photoionization from line-focus 100-ps duration laser-produced plasmas (1987) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: LASER AMPLIFIERS (2004) (0)
Time-resolved density measurements in a laser-produced indium plasma (1985) (0)
Laser action in CdS by optical pumping with radiation from a CO2 laser-produced plasma (1976) (0)
Laser Plasma Source Characterization for Soft X-ray Projection Lithography (1993) (0)
Imaging x-ray lithography (1989) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING POPULATION INVERSIONS (2004) (0)
Image contrast measurements in the 125-200-Å region (1994) (0)
Recombination lasers in CO2 laser-produced plasmas of Cd and Pb (A) (1978) (0)
Discovering a Laser (2014) (0)
Simple metal-vapor lasers using segmented plasma excitation (A) (1980) (0)
Capillary Discharge Extreme UV Lamp Sources for EUV Micrography and other related Applications (2000) (0)
"New High-Resolution Optic for Soft-X-Ray Imaging" (0)
Laser Fundamentals: FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION OF LASERS AND OTHER NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS (2004) (0)
Configurations, Materials and Wavelenghts for EUV Lithium Plasma Discharge Lamps (2019) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: LASER OSCILLATION ABOVE THRESHOLD (2004) (0)
The Role of Solid State Lasers in Soft-X-Ray Projection Lithography (1993) (0)
Configurations, Materials and Wavelenghts for EUV Lithium Plasma Discharge Lamps (2019) (0)
Continuous-wave recombination laser action in a cadmium vapor arc (1983) (0)
Short wavelength sources for microlithography (2001) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: STABLE LASER RESONATORS AND GAUSSIAN BEAMS (2004) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: Appendix (2004) (0)
Production of spectrally narrow soft-x-ray radiation through the use of broadband laser-produced plasma sources and multilayer-coated reflecting optics. (1995) (0)
Optical gain at 185 nm in a laser ablated, inner‐shell photoionization‐pumped indium plasma (2008) (0)
(AASERT-92) Development of a New High-Resolution Optic for Soft X-Ray Imaging. (1996) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: RADIATION AND THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM – ABSORPTION AND STIMULATED EMISSION (2004) (0)
Tutorial on x-ray lasers (1991) (0)
Autoionizing States of Cd+ Determined by Picosecond Soft-X-Ray Ionization Spectroscopy (With 1 Figure) (1985) (0)
Photoionization Lasers Pumped by Broadband Soft-X-Ray Radiation from Laser-Produced Plasmas (2008) (0)
Pulsed Metal Vapor Lasers: Past and Future (1996) (0)
Intense short wavelength sources for EUV lithography and other applications (1997) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: PARTICLE NATURE OF LIGHT – DISCRETE ENERGY LEVELS (2004) (0)
Photoionization-Pumping Of Sodium Vapor With The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Soft-X-Ray Laser (1987) (0)
C$sub 3$F$sub 7$I photodissociation laser initiated by a CO$sub 2$-laser- produced plasma (1974) (0)
Selected papers on fundamentals of lasers (1993) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: SPECIAL LASER CAVITIES AND CAVITY EFFECTS (2004) (0)
Inner-Shell Photoionization Lasers (1984) (0)
Efficient Narrow Spectral Width Soft X-Ray Discharge Sources (2016) (0)
Demonstration of two-electron (shake-up) photoionization and population inversions in the visible and VUV (1986) (0)
Tutorial on short wave-length lasers (1996) (0)
RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS AND EMISSION LINEWIDTH (2004) (0)
Velocity Characterization of Target Debris from a Laser Produced Plasma Utilizing a “Time-of-Flight” Technique (1993) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCING A LASER – POPULATION INVERSIONS, GAIN, AND GAIN SATURATION (2004) (0)
Plasma lasers - Promises and limitations (1990) (0)
Book Review: Laser Fundamentals, 2nd Edition by (2009) (0)
X-ray Lasers in the Numerical and Real Experiments (1998) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: INTRODUCTION (2004) (0)
Liquid Jet-Initiated Plasma Discharge for Generating Useful Plasma Radiation (2006) (0)
Investigation of Distortion and Damage of Mo-Si Multilayer Reflective Coatings with High Intensity UV Radiation (1992) (0)
Laser Fundamentals: LASER PUMPING REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNIQUES (2004) (0)
High-Gain Lasers Excited by Inner-Shell Photoionization from Broadband Soft-X-Ray Laser-Produced-Plasma Sources (1984) (0)
Hew recombination lasers in a segmented plasma device employing foil electrodes (1982) (0)
Experiments in projection lithography using soft x-ray (1991) (0)
Simplified Ultra-High Resolution Optic for Soft-X-Ray Imaging (1993) (0)
Ealing Schwarzschild microscope using 50-60-nm illumination from a laser plasma EUV source (1994) (0)
Short Wavelength Gas Lasers — Future and Applications (1993) (0)
Optical pumping of lasers with CO2 laser-produced plasmas (1976) (0)

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