Phase-coherent, injection-seeded, table-top soft-X-ray lasers at 18.9 nm and 13.9 nm
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Y. WANG, E. GRANADOS, F. PEDACI, D. ALESSI, B. LUTHER, M. BERRILL AND J. J. ROCCA* National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA *e-mail: [email protected]
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