Thermal effect study of composite configuration grazing-incidence slab amplifier

Wanyi Wang; Fangjun Chen; Pihua Gong; Quanneng Jia; Yinghua Zhang; Yijing Zhang; Jie Wang; Zijun Zhao

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202335.220293

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