High-performance deep-ultraviolet optics for free-electron lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 3236-3241

  Gatto, Alexandre ^a   Thielsch, Roland ^a   Heber, Joerg ^a   Kaiser, Norbert ^a   Ristau, Detlev ^b   Günster, Stephan ^b   Kohlhaas, Juergen ^b   Marsi, Marino ^c   Trovò, Mauro ^c   Walker, Richard ^c   Garzella, David ^d,e   Couprie, Marie Emmanuelle ^d,e   Torchio, Philippe ^f   Alvisi, Marco ^f   Amra, Claude ^f  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Centre d Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0036603101     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003236     Document Type: Article

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