All-optical Compton gamma-ray source

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 308-311

  Ta Phuoc, K ^a   Corde, S ^a   Thaury, C ^a   Malka, V ^a   Tafzi, A ^a   Goddet, J P ^a   Shah, R C ^b   Sebban, S ^a   Rousse, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84860543153     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.82     Document Type: Article

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