Single-grating monochromator for extreme-ultraviolet ultrashort pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 19169-19181

  Frassetto, Fabio ^a   Cacho, Cephise ^b   Froud, Chris A ^b   Edmund Turcu, I C ^b   Villoresi, Paolo ^a,c   Bryan, Will A ^d   Springate, Emma ^b   Poletto, Luca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Harwell Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; MONOCHROMATORS;

ARTEMIS; BEAM LINES; CENTRAL LASER FACILITIES; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; HARMONIC ORDERS; HARMONIC PULSE; NEAR-INFRARED PULSE; OFF-PLANE MOUNT; PHOTON ENERGY; PULSE DURATIONS; SINGLE GRATING; TEMPORAL BROADENING; ULTRA-FAST;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80053290401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019169     Document Type: Article

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