Time dependence of the spatial coherence of the 23.6and 23.2-nm radiation from the germanium soft-x-ray laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1620-1626

  Burge, R E ^a,b   Slark, G E ^a,b   Browne, M T ^a,b   Yuan, X C ^a,b   Charalambous, P ^a,b   An, Z ^a,b   Cheng, X H ^a,b   Lewis, C L S ^c   Macphee, A G ^c   Neely, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010112737     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001620     Document Type: Article

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