Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 11, 1134015(2022)

Comparison of Out-Coupling Methods for Extreme Ultraviolet Comb

Zhengrong Xiao1,2, Mufeng Zhu1,2, Jin Zhang3, Linqiang Hua1,2、*, Songpo Xu1, Yangni Liu4, Wenxing Yang4, and Xiaojun Liu1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3GBA Branch of Areospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510535, Guangdong, China
  • 4School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, Hubei, China
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    Zhengrong Xiao, Mufeng Zhu, Jin Zhang, Linqiang Hua, Songpo Xu, Yangni Liu, Wenxing Yang, Xiaojun Liu. Comparison of Out-Coupling Methods for Extreme Ultraviolet Comb[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(11): 1134015

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    Category: X-Ray Optics

    Received: Feb. 21, 2022

    Accepted: Apr. 15, 2022

    Published Online: Jun. 3, 2022

    The Author Email: Hua Linqiang (hualq@wipm.ac.cn), Liu Xiaojun (xjliu@wipm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.1134015

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