Saturated tabletop x-ray laser system at 19 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1098-1101

  Li, Yuelin ^a,c   Dunn, James ^a   Nilsen, Joseph ^a   Barbee Jr , Troy W ^a   Osterheld, Albert L ^a   Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; X RAYS;

TABLETOP X-RAY LASERS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034394292     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001098     Document Type: Article

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