Extreme ultraviolet free electron laser seeded with high-order harmonic of Ti: Sapphire laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 317-324

  Togashi, Tadashi ^a,b   Takahashi, Eiji J ^a   Midorikawa, Katsumi ^a   Aoyama, Makoto ^c   Yamakawa, Koichi ^c   Sato, Takahiro ^a,d   Iwasaki, Atsushi ^d   Owada, Shigeki ^d   Okino, Tomoya ^d   Yamanouchi, Kaoru ^d   Kannari, Fumihiko ^e   Yagishita, Akira ^f   Nakano, Hidetoshi ^g   Couprie, Marie E ^h   Fukami, Kenji ^a,b   Hatsui, Takaki ^a   Hara, Toru ^a   Kameshima, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Hideo ^a   Kumagai, Noritaka ^a   Matsubara, Shinichi ^a,b   Nagasono, Mitsuru ^a   Ohashi, Haruhiko ^a,b   Ohshima, Takashi ^a   Otake, Yuji ^a   Shintake, Tsumoru ^a   Tamasaku, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Hitoshi ^a,b   Tanaka, Takashi ^a,b   Togawa, Kazuaki ^a   Tomizawa, Hiromitsu ^a,b   Watanabe, Takahiro ^a,b   Yabashi, Makina ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^a   more..

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^g Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^h SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; LASERS; SAPPHIRE; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET FREE-ELECTRON LASERS; HIGH ORDER HARMONICS; NARROW BANDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLATEAU REGION; RADIATION INTENSITY; SELF-AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SINGLE PEAK; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; TI:SAPPHIRE;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 78651350288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000317     Document Type: Article

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