Predicting the Coherent X-ray wavefront focal properties at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free electron laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15508-15519

  Barty, Anton ^a,b   Soufli, Regina ^a   Mccarville, Tom ^a   Baker, Sherry L ^a   Pivovaroff, Michael J ^a   Stefan, Peter ^c   Bionta, Richard ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Centre for Free Electron Laser Science   (Germany)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FORECASTING; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS;

BEAM PROPERTIES; COHERENT X-RAYS; FIRST HARMONIC; FOCAL PROPERTIES; LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE; PRECISION SURFACE; SCALAR DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 69949099080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015508     Document Type: Article

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