Beam optics of gain-guided soft-x-ray lasers in cylindrical plasmas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2841-2851

  Chilla, Juan L A ^a   Rocca, Jorge J ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 0347882321     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002841     Document Type: Article

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