Coherent continuum extreme ultraviolet radiation in the sub-100-nJ range generated by a high-power many-cycle laser

E Skantzakis1, P Tzallas, J Kruse

  • 1Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, P.O. Box 1527, GR711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Optics Letters
|June 3, 2009
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