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Dense plasma diagnostics with an amplitude-division soft-x-ray laser interferometer based on diffraction gratings.

J Filevich, K Kanizay, M C Marconi

    Optics Letters
    |December 7, 2007
    PubMed
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    We developed a new soft-x-ray interferometer for high-contrast imaging. This tool works with various soft-x-ray lasers to study laser-created plasmas.

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