Operation of a free-electron laser from the extreme ultraviolet to the water window

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 336-342

  Ackermann, W ^a   Asova, G ^b   Ayvazyan, V ^b   Azima, A ^b   Baboi, N ^b   Bahr J ^b   Balandin, V ^b   Beutner, B ^c   Brandt, A ^b   Bolzmann, A ^d   Brinkmann, R ^b   Brovko, O I ^e   Castellano, M ^f   Castro, P ^b   Catani, L ^g   Chiadroni, E ^g   Choroba, S ^b   Cianchi, A ^g   Costello, J T ^h   Cubaynes, D ⁱ   Dardis, J ^h   Decking, W ^b   Delsim Hashemi, H ^c   Delserieys, A ^j   Di Pirro, G ^f   Dohlus, M ^b   Dusterer S ^b   Eckhardt, A ^c   Edwards, H T ^k   Faatz, B ^b   Feldhaus, J ^b   Flottmann K ^b   Frisch, J ^l   Frohlich L ^c   Garvey, T ^m   Gensch, U ^b   Gerth, Ch ^b   Gorler M ^b   Golubeva, N ^b   Grabosch, H J ^b   Grecki, M ⁿ   Grimm, O ^b   Hacker, K ^b,c   Hahn, U ^b   Han, J H ^b   Honkavaara, K ^c   Hott, T ^b   Huning M ^b   Ivanisenko, Y ^o   Jaeschke, E ^p   Jalmuzna, W ^q   Jezynski, T ⁿ   Kammering, R ^b   Katalev, V ^b   Kavanagh, K ^h   Kennedy, E T ^h   Khodyachykh, S ^b   Klose, K ^b   Kocharyan, V ^b   Korfer M ^b   Kollewe, M ^b   Koprek, W ^q   Korepanov, S ^b   Kostin, D ^b   Krassilnikov, M ^b   Kube, G ^b   Kuhlmann, M ^b   Lewis, C L S ^j   Lilje, L ^b   Limberg, T ^b   Lipka, D ^b   Lohl F ^c   Luna, H ^h   Luong, M ^r   Martins, M ^c   Meyer, M ⁱ   Michelato, P ^s   Miltchev, V ^c   Moller W D ^b   Monaco, L ^s   Muller W F O ^a   Napieralski, O ⁿ   Napoly, O ^r   Nicolosi, P ^t   Nolle D ^b   Nuez T ^b   Oppelt, A ^b   Pagani, C ^s   Paparella, R ^r   Pchalek, N ^b,c   Pedregosa Gutierrez, J ^h   Petersen, B ^b   Petrosyan, B ^b   Petrosyan, G ^b   Petrosyan, L ^b   Pfluger J ^b   Plonjes E ^b   Poletto, L ^b   Pozniak, K ^q   Prat, E ^b,c   Proch, D ^b   Pucyk, P ^q   Radcliffe, P ^b   Redlin, H ^b   Rehlich, K ^b   Richter, M ^u   Roehrs, M ^b,c   Roensch, J ^c   Romaniuk, R ^q   Ross, M ^l   Rossbach, J ^c   Rybnikov, V ^b   Sachwitz, M ^b   Saldin, E L ^b   Sandner, W ^v   Schlarb, H ^b   Schmidt, B ^b   Schmitz, M ^b   Schmuser P ^c   Schneider, J R ^b   Schneidmiller, E A ^b   Schnepp, S ^a   Schreiber, S ^b   Seidel, M ^b,w   Sertore, D ^s   Shabunov, A V ^e   Simon, C ^r   Simrock, S ^b   Sombrowski, E ^b   Sorokin, A A ^u,x   Spanknebel, P ^y   Spesyvtsev, R ^o   Staykov, L ^b   Steffen, B ^b   Stephan, F ^b   Stulle, F ^b   Thom, H ^b   Tiedtke, K ^b   Tischer, M ^b   Toleikis, S ^b   Treusch, R ^b   Trines, D ^b   Tsakov, I ^z   Vogel, E ^b   Weiland, T ^a   Weise, H ^b   Wellhofer M ^c   Wendt, M ^b,k   Will, I ^v   Winter, A ^b   Wittenburg, K ^b   Wurth, W ^c   Yeates, P ^h   Yurkov, M V ^b   Zagorodnov, I ^b   Zapfe, K ^b   more..

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^f INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^j QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^k FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^l SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

ⁿ LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^o V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^p HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^q WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^r CEA SACLAY   (France)

^s INFN LASA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^u PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^v MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^w PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^x IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^y HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^z INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION SOURCES; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; SATURATION REGIME; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 34249901272     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.76     Document Type: Article

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