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Optimization of laser propagation in optical-field-ionization plasmas for X-ray laser generation

Lin, 2007

Document ID
1446631777119234766
Author
Lin J
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Applied Physics B

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Optical-field-ionization X-ray lasers are investigated numerically with a three-dimensional wave propagation code considering the effects of photoionization, energy depletion due to ionization, and refraction on pump laser pulses in spatially and temporally varied plasmas …
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