Picosecond pumping of extreme-ultraviolet lasers using preformed laser plasmas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 436-442

  Yamakoshi, H ^a,b   Herman, P R ^a,b   Le Flohic, M P ^a,b   Xiao, B ^a,b   Zhao, L ^a,b   Kulcsar, G ^a,b   Budnik, F W ^a,b   Marjoribanks, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Photonics Research Ontario   (Canada)

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EID: 0030535882     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000436     Document Type: Article

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