A proposal for multi-tens of GW fully coherent femtosecond soft X-ray lasers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 764-767

  Oliva, E ^a   Fajardo, M ^b   Li, L ^a   Pittman, M ^c   Le, T T T ^a   Gautier, J ^a   Lambert, G ^a   Velarde, P ^d   Ros, D ^c   Sebban, S ^a   Zeitoun, Ph ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE FUSIÓN NUCLEAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION SCHEME; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; HIGH HARMONICS; MAXWELL-BLOCH MODEL; SOFT X-RAY LASER; SOFT X-RAY PHOTONS; TIME-DEPENDENT; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS; X-RAY SCIENCE;

AMPLIFICATION; CHIRP MODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; PHOTONS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SUN; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

X RAYS; X RAY LASERS;

EID: 84868555110     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.246     Document Type: Article

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