A compact free-electron laser for generating coherent radiation in the extreme ultraviolet region

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 555-559

  Shintake, Tsumoru ^a   Tanaka, Hitoshi ^a   Hara, Toru ^a,b   Tanaka, Takashi ^a,b   Togawa, Kazuaki ^a   Yabashi, Makina ^a   Otake, Yuji ^a   Asano, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Bizen, Teruhiko ^b   Fukui, Toru ^a   Goto, Shunji ^b   Higashiya, Atsushi ^a   Hirono, Toko ^b   Hosoda, Naoyasu ^a   Inagaki, Takahiro ^a   Inoue, Shinobu ^a   Ishii, Miho ^b   Kim, Yujong ^a,c   Kimura, Hiroaki ^b   Kitamura, Masanobu ^a,d   Kobayashi, Toshiaki ^b   Maesaka, Hirokazu ^a   Masuda, Takemasa ^b   Matsui, Sakuo ^a   Matsushita, Tomohiro ^b   Maréchal, Xavier ^b   Nagasono, Mitsuru ^a   Ohashi, Haruhiko ^b   Ohata, Toru ^b   Ohshima, Takashi ^a   Onoe, Kazuyuki ^a,e   Shirasawa, Katsutoshi ^a   Takagi, Tetsuya ^b,f   Takahashi, Sunao ^b   Takeuchi, Masao ^b   Tamasaku, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Ryotaro ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshihito ^a   Tanikawa, Takanori ^a   Togashi, Tadashi ^a   Wu, Shukui ^a   Yamashita, Akihiro ^b   Yanagida, Kenichi ^b   Zhang, Chao ^b   Kitamura, Hideo ^a,b   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^a   more..

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nichizou Electronics and Control Corporation   (Japan)

^e ULVAC INC   (Japan)

^f Takagi Accounting Firm   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION ENERGY; COHERENT RADIATION; ELECTRON-BEAM ENERGY; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS; SELF-AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; THERMIONIC CATHODES;

X RAYS;

EID: 50949103727     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.134     Document Type: Article

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