Femtosecond electron diffraction for direct measurement of ultrafast atomic motions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1044-1046

  Cao, J ^a   Hao, Z ^a   Park, H ^a   Tao, C ^a   Kau, D ^a   Blaszczyk, L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; MOTION ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FEMTOSECOND ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (FED);

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0042377572     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1593831     Document Type: Article

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