Progress on collisionally pumped optical-field-ionization soft X-ray lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1351-1362

  Sebban, Stéphane ^a   Mocek, Tomas ^a   Bettaibi, I ^a   Cros, B ^b   Maynard, G ^b   Butler, A ^c   Gonzalves, A J ^c   McKenna, G M ^c   Spence, D J ^c   Hooker, S M ^c   Upcraft, L M ^a   Breger, P ^d   Agostini, P ^d   Le Pape, S ^a   Zeitoun, P ^a   Valentin, C ^a   Balcou, P ^a   Ros, D ^e   Kazamias, S ^e   Klisnick, A ^e   Jamelot, G ^e   Rus, B ^f   Wyart, J F ^g   more..

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^g LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

High intensity laser; Laser plasma; Optical field ionization (OFI); X ray laser (XRL)

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

HIGH-INTENSITY LASERS; OPTICAL-FIELD-IONIZATION (OFI); PLASMA AMPLIFIERS;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 13844272257     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.838039     Document Type: Article

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