Possibility of soft x-ray lasers without inversion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3156, Issue , 1997, Pages 230-241

  Hagelstein, Peter L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; HELIUM; LASERS;

BASIC CONCEPTS; DOPPLER BROADENING; RESONANCE LINES; SHORT WAVELENGTH (SW); SOFT X RAY (SXR); STANFORD;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 0347936520     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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