Determination of the size and structure of an X-pinch x-ray source from the diffraction pattern produced by microfabricated slits

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2349-2358

  Song, Byung Moo ^a   Pikuz, Sergei A ^b   Shelkovenko, Tatiania A ^b   Hammer, David A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GOLD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SOURCES; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

GAUSSIAN SOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HOT SPOTS; MICROPINCHES; X-PINCH X-RAY SOURCES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 17644391727     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.002349     Document Type: Article

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