Tabletop attosecond X-rays in the water window

Seunghwoi Han1,2, Jie Li3,4, Zheyuan Zhu5, Andrew Chew1, Esben W. Larsen6, Yi Wu1, Shuo Sean Pang5, Zenghu Chang1
1Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL and Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
2School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
3Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
4School of Optoelectronics, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
5CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
6Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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