Focusing of X-ray free-electron laser pulses with reflective optics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-47

  Yumoto, Hirokatsu ^a   Mimura, Hidekazu ^b   Koyama, Takahisa ^a   Matsuyama, Satoshi ^c,d   Tono, Kensuke ^a   Togashi, Tadashi ^a   Inubushi, Yuichi ^e   Sato, Takahiro ^e   Tanaka, Takashi ^e   Kimura, Takashi ^f   Yokoyama, Hikaru ^c   Kim, Jangwoo ^c   Sano, Yasuhisa ^c   Hachisu, Yousuke ^g   Yabashi, Makina ^e   Ohashi, Haruhiko ^a,e   Ohmori, Hitoshi ^g   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^e   Yamauchi, Kazuto ^c,d  

^a JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTICALLY FIGURED MIRROR; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FOCUSING OPTICS; FOCUSING PROPERTIES; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; POWER DENSITIES; REFLECTIVE OPTICS; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FOCUSING; REFLECTION; X RAY LASERS;

X RAYS;

EID: 84871992060     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.306     Document Type: Review

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