Relative merits of using curved targets and the prepulse technique to enhance the output of the neon-like germanium X-ray laser

Optics Communications

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 287-291

  Nilsen, Joseph ^a   Yuelin, Li ^b,c   Peixiang, Lu ^b,c   Moreno, Juan C ^a   Fill, Ernst E ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GERMANIUM; LASER PULSES; SURFACES; X RAY LASERS;

ASTERIX IODINE LASER; CURVED TARGETS; PREPULSE TECHNIQUE;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0030107219     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(95)00658-3     Document Type: Article

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