Experimental study of the temporal coherence and spectral profile of the 13.9 nm transient X-ray laser

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 370-380

  Klisnick, Annie ^a   Guilbaud, O ^a   Ros, D ^a   Cassou, K ^a   Kazamias, S ^a   Jamelot, G ^a   Lagron, J C ^a   Joyeux, D ^b   Phalippou, D ^b   Lechantre, Y ^b   Edwards, M ^c   Mistry, P ^c   Tallents, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherence; Interferometry; Spectral width; X ray laser

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FRESNEL INTERFEROMETER; SPECTRAL WIDTH; TEMPORAL COHERENCE;

X RAY LASERS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 30844439865     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.05.030     Document Type: Article

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