Z-λ imaging of Xe(M) and Xe(L) emissions from channelled propagation of intense femtosecond 248 nm pulses in a Xe cluster target

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Borisov, A B ^a   McPherson, A ^a   Boyer, K ^a   Rhodes, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONS; LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; XENON;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON COUPLING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0030073599     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/29/3/005     Document Type: Article

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