The First Atomic and Molecular Experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source X-Ray Free Electron Laser

Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue , 2011, Pages 239-289

  Bucksbaum, Philip H ^a,c   Coffee, Ryan ^b,c   Berrah, Nora ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Linac Coherent Light Source   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free electron laser; Ultrafast; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053478008     PISSN: 1049250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385508-4.00005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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