X-Ray Lasers 2008

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lewis, Ciaran L. S. (Editor), Riley, Dave (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics, 130
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.

This book provides a thorough account of the current status of achievements made in the area of soft X-ray laser source development and of the increasingly diverse applications being demonstrated using such radiation sources. There is significant effort worldwide to develop very bright, short durati...