Generation of incoherent picosecond x-ray pulses: Resonant production and advantage of using thin films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-147

  Dzhidzhoev, M S ^a   Gordienko, V M ^a   Kolchin, V V ^a   Magnitsky, S A ^a   Platonenko, V T ^a   Savel'ev, A B ^a   Tarasevitch, A P ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0030553060     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000143     Document Type: Article

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