Harmonic generation in a UV laser plasma

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 776-780

  Földes, István B ^a   Bakos, Joseph S ^a   Veres, Gábor ^a   Bakonyi, Zoltán ^b   Nagy, Tamás ^b   Szatmári, Sándor ^b  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (XUV); SOLID TARGETS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV);

WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0030229996     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571779     Document Type: Article

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