Phase-matching techniques for coherent soft X-ray generation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-26

  Paul, Ariel ^a   Gibson, Emily A ^a   Zhang, Xiaoshi ^a   Lytle, Amy ^a   Popmintchev, Tenio ^a   Zhou, Xibin ^a   Murnane, Margaret M ^a   Christov, Ivan P ^b   Kapteyn, Henry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Coherent soft X ray; Extreme ultraviolet (EUV); Phase matching

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COHERENT SOFT X RAYS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV); PHASE-MATCHING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 31844444742     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.859914     Document Type: Article

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