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Ghaith A, Oumbarek D, Roussel E, Corde S, Labat M, André T, Loulergue A, Andriyash IA, Chubar O, Kononenko O, Smartsev S, Marcouillé O, Kitégi C, Marteau F, Valléau M, Thaury C, Gautier J, Sebban S, Tafzi A, Blache F, Briquez F, Tavakoli K, Carcy A, Bouvet F, Dietrich Y, Lambert G, Hubert N, El Ajjouri M, Polack F, Dennetière D, Leclercq N, Rommeluère P, Duval JP, Sebdaoui M, Bourgoin C, Lestrade A, Benabderrahmane C, Vétéran J, Berteaud P, De Oliveira C, Goddet JP, Herbeaux C, Szwaj C, Bielawski S, Malka V, Couprie ME. Tunable High Spatio-Spectral Purity Undulator Radiation from a Transported Laser Plasma Accelerated Electron Beam. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19020. [PMID: 31836730 PMCID: PMC6910930 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55209-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Undulator based synchrotron light sources and Free Electron Lasers (FELs) are valuable modern probes of matter with high temporal and spatial resolution. Laser Plasma Accelerators (LPAs), delivering GeV electron beams in few centimeters, are good candidates for future compact light sources. However the barriers set by the large energy spread, divergence and shot-to-shot fluctuations require a specific transport line, to shape the electron beam phase space for achieving ultrashort undulator synchrotron radiation suitable for users and even for achieving FEL amplification. Proof-of-principle LPA based undulator emission, with strong electron focusing or transport, does not yet exhibit the full specific radiation properties. We report on the generation of undulator radiation with an LPA beam based manipulation in a dedicated transport line with versatile properties. After evidencing the specific spatio-spectral signature, we tune the resonant wavelength within 200-300 nm by modification of the electron beam energy and the undulator field. We achieve a wavelength stability of 2.6%. We demonstrate that we can control the spatio-spectral purity and spectral brightness by reducing the energy range inside the chicane. We have also observed the second harmonic emission of the undulator.
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- A Ghaith
- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France. .,Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France.
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, 59000, Lille, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 98 Rochester St, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France.,Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, 59000, Lille, France
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- LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau Cedex, France.,Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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- Synchrotron-SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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Petralia A, Anania MP, Artioli M, Bacci A, Bellaveglia M, Carpanese M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Ciocci F, Dattoli G, Di Giovenale D, Di Palma E, Di Pirro GP, Ferrario M, Giannessi L, Innocenti L, Mostacci A, Petrillo V, Pompili R, Rau JV, Ronsivalle C, Rossi AR, Sabia E, Shpakov V, Vaccarezza C, Villa F. Two-Color Radiation Generated in a Seeded Free-Electron Laser with Two Electron Beams. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 115:014801. [PMID: 26182099 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.014801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We present the experimental evidence of the generation of coherent and statistically stable two-color free-electron laser radiation obtained by seeding an electron beam double peaked in energy with a laser pulse single spiked in frequency. The radiation presents two neat spectral lines, with time delay, frequency separation, and relative intensity that can be accurately controlled. The analysis of the emitted radiation shows a temporal coherence and a shot-to-shot regularity in frequency significantly enhanced with respect to the self-amplified spontaneous emission.
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- A Petralia
- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Bologna, Via Martiri Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- Università Tor Vergata di Roma, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- Università Tor Vergata di Roma, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Università La Sapienza di Roma, Via Antonio Scarpa 24, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ISM-CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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Lambert G, Andreev A, Gautier J, Giannessi L, Malka V, Petralia A, Sebban S, Stremoukhov S, Tissandier F, Vodungbo B, Zeitoun P. Spatial properties of odd and even low order harmonics generated in gas. Sci Rep 2015; 5:7786. [PMID: 25585715 PMCID: PMC4293601 DOI: 10.1038/srep07786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
High harmonic generation in gases is developing rapidly as a soft X-ray femtosecond light-source for applications. This requires control over all the harmonics characteristics and in particular, spatial properties have to be kept very good. In previous literature, measurements have always included several harmonics contrary to applications, especially spectroscopic applications, which usually require a single harmonic. To fill this gap, we present here for the first time a detailed study of completely isolated harmonics. The contribution of the surrounding harmonics has been totally suppressed using interferential filtering which is available for low harmonic orders. In addition, this allows to clearly identify behaviors of standard odd orders from even orders obtained by frequency-mixing of a fundamental laser and of its second harmonic. Comparisons of the spatial intensity profiles, of the spatial coherence and of the wavefront aberration level of 5ω at 160 nm and 6ω at 135 nm have then been performed. We have established that the fundamental laser beam aberrations can cause the appearance of a non-homogenous donut-shape in the 6ω spatial intensity distribution. This undesirable effect can be easily controlled. We finally conclude that the spatial quality of an even harmonic can be as excellent as in standard generation.
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- G Lambert
- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, build.2, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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- Unità Tecnica Sviluppo di Applicazioni della Radiazione - Modellistica Matematica, ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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- Unità Tecnica Sviluppo di Applicazioni della Radiazione - Modellistica Matematica, ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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- 1] Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, build.2, 119991, Moscow, Russia [2] National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", pl. Akademika Kurchatova, 1, Moscow, 123182 Russia
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- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, UMR 7639, ENSTA-CNRS-École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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