Compression of powerful x-ray pulses to attosecond durations by stimulated Raman backscattering in plasmas

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Malkin, V M ^a   Fisch, N J ^a   Wurtele, J S ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; PLASMAS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

BACKWARD RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION; PULSE INTENSITIES; VACUUM BREAKDOWN THRESHOLD; X-RAY SOURCES;

X RAYS;

EID: 33847320214     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.026404     Document Type: Article

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