Optimum laser pulse duration for efficient extreme ultraviolet light generation from laser-produced tin plasmas

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Ando, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fujioka, Shinsuke ^a   Nishimura, Hiroaki ^a   Ueda, Nobuyoshi ^a   Yasuda, Yuzuri ^a   Nagai, Keiji ^a   Norimatsu, Takayoshi ^a   Murakami, Masakatsu ^a   Nishihara, Katsunobu ^a   Miyanaga, Noriaki ^a   Izawa, Yasukazu ^a   Mima, Kunioki ^a   Sunahara, Atsushi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES (CE); LASER ABSORPTION; LASER PULSE DURATION; TIN PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION;

ABSORPTION; BANDWIDTH; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33750032581     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2361260     Document Type: Article

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