Plasma light source for the VUV spectral region

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1522-1525

  Shaikh, W ^a   Hirst, G ^a   Allott, R M ^a   Turcu, I C E ^a   Folkard, M ^b   Ledingham, K ^c   Donovan, R ^d   Khan, N ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VACUUM;

BREMSTRAHLUNG; PLASMA GENERATION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0033224958     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.814993     Document Type: Article

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