The history of the X-ray laser

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Hecht, Jeff ^a  

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EID: 55149105260     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/opn.19.5.000026     Document Type: Article

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