Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 11, 1134003(2022)
Thin Film Optical Elements in Extreme Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet
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Runze Qi, Jinlong Zhang, Jiali Wu, Shuangying Li, Qiushi Huang, Zhong Zhang, Zhanshan Wang. Thin Film Optical Elements in Extreme Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(11): 1134003
Category: X-Ray Optics
Received: Mar. 1, 2022
Accepted: Apr. 7, 2022
Published Online: Jun. 3, 2022
The Author Email: Wang Zhanshan (wangzs@tongji.edu.cn)