Generalized matrix-optics description of soft-x-ray lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1016-1024

  Yang, Jun ^a   Fan, Dianyuan ^a   Wang, Shiji ^a   Gu, Yuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

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EID: 5844401263     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001016     Document Type: Article

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