Effect of the coherence properties of self-amplified-spontaneous-emission x-ray free electron lasers on single-particle diffractive imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2840-2844

  Hau Riege, Stefan P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COHERENT LIGHT; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION IMAGING; LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE (LCLS); RESOLUTION LENGTH;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ELECTRON; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

BIOLOGY; ELECTRONS; LASERS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 39749181633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002840     Document Type: Article

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