Pump laser wavelength-dependent control of the efficiency of kilovolt x-ray emission from atomic clusters

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5031-5051

  Schroeder, W Andreas ^a   Omenetto, F G ^a,c,d,e   Borisov, A B ^a,b   Longworth, J W ^a   McPherson, A ^a,f   Jordan, C ^a,b   Boyer, K ^a   Kondo, K ^b   Rhodes, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Ist Nazionale Fisica Della Materia   (Italy)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INFRARED RADIATION; KINEMATICS; LASER PULSES; PHOTOIONIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

BORN APPROXIMATION; ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS;

XENON;

EID: 0345817319     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/31/22/014     Document Type: Article

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