Study of prepulse-induced Ne- and Ni-like x-ray lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3156, Issue , 1997, Pages 21-29

  Li, Yuelin ^a,d   Lu, Peixiang ^a,e   Maruhn, Joachim ^b   Nilsen, Joseph ^c   Pretzler, Georg ^a   Fill, Ernst E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collisional excitation; Laser plasmas; Prepulse induced lasing; X ray lasers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; INERT GASES; IODINE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; NEON; NICKEL; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; PUMPING (LASER); TIN; X RAYS;

COLLISIONAL EXCITATION; FAR FIELDS; IODINE LASERS; LASER LINES; LASER PLASMAS; PREPULSE-INDUCED LASING; XUV LASERS;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 58749116877     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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