Femtosecond laser-driven x-ray tube

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2658-2667

  Egbert, André ^a   Chichkov, Boris N ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^a   Zimmermann, Stefan ^b   Reinhold, Alfred ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b Feinfocus Rontgen Systeme GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Photocathode; Ultrashort hard x rays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON EMISSION; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATHODES; THERMIONIC EMISSION; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER; THERMIONIC ELECTRON EMISSION; ULTRASHORT HARD X RAYS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0036811892     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1504459     Document Type: Article

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