Commissioning and first results from the new 2 &#215; 100 TW laser at the WIS

E. Kroupp; S. Tata; Y. Wan; D. Levy; S. Smartsev; E. Y. Levine; O. Seemann; M. Adelberg; R. Piliposian; T. Queller; E. Segre; K. Ta Phuoc; M. Kozlova; V. Malka

doi:10.1063/5.0090514

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