The development of X-ray free-electron lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1393-1404

  Pellegrini, Claudio ^a   Reiche, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Free electron lasers; Synchrotron radiation sources; X ray lasers; X ray sources

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

SINGLE PASS AMPLIFIERS; UV SPECTRAL REGIONS; X-RAY SOURCES;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 13844272249     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.838037     Document Type: Article

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