Production of high-charge states of Xe in a femtosecond laser pulse

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages R3182-R3185

  Becker, A ^a   Faisal, F H M ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 14344283882     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R3182     Document Type: Article

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