High-precision optical synchronization systems for X-ray free electron lasers

Proceedings of the 27th International Free Electron Laser Conference, FEL 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 676-681

  Winter, Axel ^a   Schmüser, Peter ^a   Schlarb, Holger ^b   Omer Ilday F ^c   Kim, Jung Won ^c   Chen, Jeff ^c   Kärtner, Franz X ^c   Cheever, D ^c   Zwart, T ^c   Wang, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTO-SECOND RESOLUTION; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; REPETITION FREQUENCY; TIMING INFORMATION; TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; SYNCHRONIZATION; X RAYS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84884612616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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