X-Ray Lasers 2014

These proceedings comprise invited and contributed papers presented at the 14th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers (ICXRL 2014). This conference is part of a continuing series dedicated to recent developments and applications of x-ray lasers and other coherent x-ray sources with attention to supporting technologies and instrumentation.§§New results in the generation of intense, coherent x-rays and progress toward practical devices and their applications in numerous fields will be reported. Areas of research in plasma-based x-ray lasers, 4th generation accelerator-based sources and higher harmonic generation and other x-ray generation schemes will be covered. The scope of ICXRL 2014 includes, but is not limited to:-Laser-pumped X-ray lasers -Discharge excitation and other X-ray laser pumping methods-Injection/seeding of X-ray amplifiers-New lasing transitions and novel X-ray laser schemes -High Harmonic sources-Free-electron laser generation in the XUV and X-ray range§-Novel schemes for coherent XUV and X-ray generation-XUV and X-ray optics and metrology-Driving laser technology -Theory and modeling of X-ray gain medium and beam characteristics-Applications of high brightness and ultra short X-ray sources.§