Theory of high-order harmonic generation by an elliptically polarized laser field

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1725-1745

  Antoine, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   L’Huillier, Anne ^a,b,c,d   Lewenstein, Maciej ^a,b,c,d   Salières, Pascal ^a,b,c,d   Carré, Bertrand ^a,b,c,d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INTEGRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER ELLIPTICITY; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; ROTATION ANGLE; SADDLE POINT INTEGRATION; SINGLE ATOM RESPONSE; SLOWLY VARYING ENVELOPE APPROXIMATION; STOKES PARAMETERS;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 0030109385     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1725     Document Type: Article

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