Talk:X-ray laser

Confusing
The section "X-ray laser active media" is confusing. I think the various bolded elements are components of a single system? If so it would be helpful to have a diagram showing how they are assembled. -- Beland (talk) 17:23, 16 June 2012 (UTC)


 * It's actually a list of different types of x-ray lasers, which was kinda confusingly just thrown in without any introduction. I changed that and removed the associated diagram request. Laura Scudder &#124; talk 21:59, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Speculative?
The page includes content that seems speculative. The tone ("common methods") makes it seem like X-ray lasers are everyday things as opposed to cutting edge research. Some of the methods for generating x-ray lasers listed seem to be speculative. The only papers I saw on the capillary discharge pumped Argon laser was about computer modeling of this type laser, not actual construction of a realized physical laser. (Maybe I missing something.) The Applications section seems incomplete if it is addressing potential applications. However, if it is addressing current applications it seems like it is unnecessary without practical outside the laboratory x-ray lasers. Final note, the picture is of the PALS laser which has a fundamental wavelength of about 1 micrometer. Even when frequency tripled, that is far from being an X-ray laser. Klaun (talk) 22:08, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes this article needs a lot of work. I don't have the time for it right now, but there definitely needs to be a section which makes a more realistic assessment of the technical state of the art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnonOpticalEngineer (talk • contribs) 07:53, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

xray vs gamma ray lasers
The difference between xrays and gamma rays is not their energy and wavelength Its their source. Xrays are produced by electron transitions, gamma rays are produced by nuclear processes. Xrays generally range from 0.1 to around 100kev. Gamma rays range from a few KeV and up. So there is considerable overlap. 2601:204:E681:C8B0:D933:4250:42A5:B33C (talk) 09:41, 1 July 2022 (UTC)