Influence of the density gradient on the duration of Si-Kα pulses generated by a double femtosecond-laser pulse

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2772-2774

  Pisani, F ^a   Andiel, U ^a   Eidmann, K ^a   Witte, K ^a   Uschmann, I ^b   Morak, A ^b   Forster E ^b   Sauerbrey, R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALS; GLASS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION; QUARTZ; RESONANCE; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRYSTAL IMAGES; DENSITY GRADIENT; PLASMA GRADIENTS; ULTRAFAST STREAK CAMERAS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 2342567096     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1695634     Document Type: Article

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