Kilohertz sources of hard x rays and fast ions with femtosecond laser plasmas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 224-228

  Thoss, A ^a   Richardson, M ^a,b   Korn, G ^a,d   Faubel, M ^c   Stiel, H ^a   Vogt, U ^a   Elsaesser, T ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^d Katana Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; ISOTOPES; PLASMAS; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 0037499437     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000224     Document Type: Article

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