Experimental characterization of short-wavelength Ni-like soft-x-ray lasing toward the water window

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2295-2299

  Daido, H ^a   Sebban, S ^a,e   Sakaya, N ^a   Tohyama, Y ^a   Norimatsu, T ^a   Mima, K ^a   Kato, Y ^a,f   Wang, S ^b   Gu, Y ^b   Huang, G ^b   Tang, H ^a,b   Murai, K ^c   Butzbach, R ^d   Uschmann, I ^d   Vollbrecht, M ^d   Forster E ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Laboratory for High Power Lasers and Physics   (China)

^c OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000550609     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002295     Document Type: Article

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