Generation of femtosecond pulses of synchrotron radiation

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5461, 2000, Pages 2237-2240

  Schoenlein, R W ^a   Chattopadhyay, S ^b   Chong, H H W ^d   Glover, T E ^c   Heimann, P A ^c   Shank, C V ^a   Zholents, A A ^b   Zolotorev, M S ^b  

^a Materials Sciences Division   (United States)

^b Accelerator and Fusion Research Division   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY;

EID: 0034708817     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5461.2237     Document Type: Article

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21. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC03-76SF00098. The ALS is supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and Materials Sciences Division of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC03-76SF00098 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. We gratefully acknowledge the use of beamline 6.3.2 and the protein crystallography wiggler (W16) at the ALS and the technical assistance from the ALS Accelerator Physics Group, the ALS Engineering Group, and the ALS operations staff.