Spectral-spatial measurements of fundamental and third-harmonic light of intense 25-fs laser pulses focused in a gas cell

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 186-192

  Peatross, J ^a   Backus, S ^b   Zhou, J ^b   Murnane, M M ^b   Kapteyn, H C ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0032338514     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000186     Document Type: Article

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