Diffraction-limited performance and focusing of high harmonics from relativistic plasmas

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Dromey, B ^a   Adams, D ^a   Horlein R ^b,c   Nomura, Y ^b   Rykovanov, S G ^b,d   Carroll, D C ^e   Foster, P S ^f   Kar, S ^a   Markey, K ^a   McKenna, P ^e   Neely, D ^f   Geissler, M ^a   Tsakiris, G D ^b   Zepf, M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; RELATIVITY; X RAYS;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IRRADIATED SURFACE; RELATIVISTIC PLASMAS; SURFACE SMOOTHING; ULTRA-INTENSE LASERS;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 59349096657     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1158     Document Type: Article

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