Observation of free-electron-laser-induced collective spontaneous emission (superfluorescence)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Nagasono, Mitsuru ^a   Harries, James R ^a,b   Iwayama, Hiroshi ^a,c,d   Togashi, Tadashi ^e   Tono, Kensuke ^e   Yabashi, Makina ^a,e   Senba, Yasunori ^e   Ohashi, Haruhiko ^a,e   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^a   Shigemasa, Eiji ^a,c,d  

^a RIKEN/SPring 8 ^*  (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM NUMBERS; ATOMIC SYSTEM; DECAY RATE; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; HELIUM ATOM; PEAK INTENSITY; PHOTON NUMBERS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE WIDTH; PUMP WAVELENGTH; SUPERFLUORESCENCE;

ATOMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DECAY (ORGANIC); FREE ELECTRON LASERS; HELIUM; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 80155132367     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.193603     Document Type: Article

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