Generation of ultrashort hard-x-ray pulses with tabletop laser systems at a 2-kHz repetition rate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Jiang, Yan ^a   Lee, Taewoo ^a   Rose Petruck, Christoph G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; HELIUM; LASERS; PHOTONS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ULTRASHORT HARD X-RAY PULSES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0037836942     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000229     Document Type: Article

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