Generation and application of a high-average-power polarized soft-x-ray laser beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1041-1045

  Benware, B R ^a   Seminario, M ^a   Lecher, A L ^a   Rocca, J J ^a   Unspenskii, Yu A ^b   Vinogradov, A V ^b   Kondratenko, V V ^b   Pershing, Yu P ^b   Bach, B ^c  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Hyperfine Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; X RAY LASERS;

TABLETOP SOURCES;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0035615094     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001041     Document Type: Article

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