Efficient Extreme-Ultraviolet Continuum from Carbon Nanotube Foams

Yinren Shou; Zhuo Pan; Zhengxuan Cao; Dahui Wang; Pengjie Wang; Jianbo Liu; Zhusong Mei; Defeng Kong; Yanying Zhao; Xueqing Yan; Wenjun Ma

doi:10.3788/AOS202242.1134021

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