Observation of high transient gain in the germanium x-ray laser at 19.6 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1808-1814

  Warwick, P J ^a,b   Lewis, C L S ^a   Kalachnikov, M P ^b   Nickles, P V ^b   Schnurer M ^b   Behjat, A ^c   Demir, A ^c   Tallents, G J ^c   Neely, D ^d   Wolfrum, E ^d   Zhang, J ^e   Pert, G J ^f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032393874     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001808     Document Type: Article

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