Table-top transient collisional excitation x-ray laser research at LLNL

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3156, Issue , 1997, Pages 114-121

  Dunn, James ^a   Osterheld, Albert L ^a   Shepherd, Ronnie L ^a   White, William E ^a   Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N ^a,b   Bullock, Anthony B ^a   Stewart, Richard E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ne like; Ni like; Picosecond laser pulse; Table top terawatt laser; Transient collisional excitation; X ray laser

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NEON; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; X RAYS;

NE-LIKE; NI-LIKE; PICOSECOND LASER PULSE; TABLE-TOP TERAWATT LASER; TRANSIENT COLLISIONAL EXCITATION; X-RAY LASER;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 0010835966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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