Collisional excitation soft X-ray laser at 23.6 nm in a laser-produced cylindrical target

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Daido, H ^a   Murai, K ^a   Kodama, R ^a   Yuan, G ^a   Schulz, M S ^a   Takagi, M ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Neely, D ^b   MacPhee, A ^b   Lewis, C L S ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GERMANIUM; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL TESTING; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PUMPING (LASER);

BEAM DIVERGENCE; COLLISIONAL EXCITATION; LASER PRODUCED CYLINDRICAL TARGET; NEON LIKE GERMANIUM; SOFT X RAY LASING; TOROIDAL TARGET; WAVE GUIDING;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 0030081637     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01081113     Document Type: Article

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