Numerical studies of the dynamics of multiphoton processes with arbitrary field polarization: Methodological considerations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2132-2143

  Huens, Etienne ^a   Piraux, Bernard ^a   Bugacov, Alejandro ^b   Gajda, Mariusz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 0000570667     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2132     Document Type: Article

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