Picosecond soft-x-ray source from subpicosecond laser-produced plasmas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Workman, J ^a   Maksimchuk, A ^a   Liu, X ^a   Ellenberger, U ^a   Coe, J S ^a   Chien, C Y ^a   Umstadter, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0030546841     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000125     Document Type: Article

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