Single-electron pulses for ultrafast diffraction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 19714-19719

  Aidelsburger, M ^a   Kirchner, F O ^a   Krausz, F ^a   Baum, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; METAL;

ACCELERATION; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY; EXCITATION; LASER; PHOTON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 78650545124     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010165107     Document Type: Article

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