Using low and high prepulses to enhance the J=0-1 transition at 19.6 nm in the Ne-like germanium XUV laser

Optics Communications

Volumn 123, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 777-789

  Cairns, G F ^a   Lewis, C L S ^a   Lamb, M J ^a   MacPhee, A G ^a   Neely, D ^d   Norreys, P ^d   Key, M H ^b,d   Healy, S B ^c   Holden, P B ^c   Pert, G J ^c   Plowes, J A ^c   Tallents, G J ^e   Demir, A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); GERMANIUM; GLASS; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

GLASS LASER; NEON LIKE GERMANIUM; PREPULSES; RADIANT DENSITY;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 0030080806     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(95)00500-5     Document Type: Article

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