Narrow-band tunable extreme-ultraviolet laser source for lifetime measurements and precision spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2469-2476

  Ubachs, W ^a   Eikema, K S E ^a   Hogervorst, W ^a   Cacciani, P C ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DYE LASERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; LINE BROADENING; RYDBERG STATE;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031244636     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002469     Document Type: Article

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