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Femtosecond X-ray line emission from multilayer targets irradiated by short laser pulses. / Nakano, H.; Andreev, A. A.; Limpouch, J.

In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 79, No. 4, 09.2004, p. 469-476.

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Nakano, H, Andreev, AA & Limpouch, J 2004, 'Femtosecond X-ray line emission from multilayer targets irradiated by short laser pulses', Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1582-7

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Nakano, H., Andreev, A. A., & Limpouch, J. (2004). Femtosecond X-ray line emission from multilayer targets irradiated by short laser pulses. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 79(4), 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1582-7

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Nakano H, Andreev AA, Limpouch J. Femtosecond X-ray line emission from multilayer targets irradiated by short laser pulses. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. 2004 Sep;79(4):469-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1582-7

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Nakano, H. ; Andreev, A. A. ; Limpouch, J. / Femtosecond X-ray line emission from multilayer targets irradiated by short laser pulses. In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. 2004 ; Vol. 79, No. 4. pp. 469-476.

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