Compact ultrashort-pulse laser-driven hard-x-ray tube

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4502, Issue , 2001, Pages 109-116

  Egbert, A ^a   Chichkov, B N ^a   Fallnich, C ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Photocathodes; Ultrafast x rays

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER RESONATORS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTONS; THERMIONIC EMISSION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; X RAY PRODUCTION;

HARD X-RAY SOURCES; ULTRAFAST X RAYS;

X RAYS;

EID: 0035764627     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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