Picosecond-laser-driven gas puff neonlike argon x-ray laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 203-207

  Dunn, James ^a   Smith, Raymond F ^a   Nilsen, Joseph ^a   Fiedorowicz, Henryk ^b   Bartnik, Andrzej ^b   Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLENOIDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GAS PUFFS;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 0038174671     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000203     Document Type: Article

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