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We are proposing a new pumping scheme using a very thin membrane, which has
several advantages for effective pumping of soft x-ray laser, Initial elec
tron density and temperature of the plasma from membrane targets were evalu
ated from soft x-ray spectra. Dependence of pre-pulse duration on productio
n of highly ionized plasma and high gain for Si H alpha x-ray laser is disc
ussed.