First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 641-647

  Emma, P ^a   Akre, R ^a   Arthur, J ^a   Bionta, R ^b   Bostedt, C ^a   Bozek, J ^a   Brachmann, A ^a   Bucksbaum, P ^a   Coffee, R ^a   Decker, F J ^a   Ding, Y ^a   Dowell, D ^a   Edstrom, S ^a   Fisher, A ^a   Frisch, J ^a   Gilevich, S ^a   Hastings, J ^a   Hays, G ^a   Hering, Ph ^a   Huang, Z ^a   Iverson, R ^a   Loos, H ^a   Messerschmidt, M ^a   Miahnahri, A ^a   Moeller, S ^a   Nuhn, H D ^a   Pile, G ^c   Ratner, D ^a   Rzepiela, J ^a   Schultz, D ^a   Smith, T ^a   Stefan, P ^a   Tompkins, H ^a   Turner, J ^a   Welch, J ^a   White, W ^a   Wu, J ^a   Yocky, G ^a   Galayda, J ^a   more..

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; FOURTH GENERATION; LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; SYNCHROTRON SOURCE; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS; X-RAY WAVELENGTHS;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; X RAYS;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 77956280553     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.176     Document Type: Article

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