Modeling of short-pulse-driven nickel-like X-ray lasers and recent experiments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4505, Issue , 2001, Pages 100-106

  Nilsen, Joseph ^a   Dunn, James ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prepulse technique; X ray laser

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PUMPING (LASER); ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PHOTOPUMPING;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 0035764910     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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