Phase-matched high-order harmonic generation by guided intense femtosecond pulses

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1475-1485

  Midorikawa, Katsumi ^a   Tamaki, Yusuke ^b   Itatani, Jiro ^a   Nagata, Yutaka ^a   Obara, Minoru ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATOMS; HARMONIC GENERATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEON; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

COHERENT SOFT X RAY; PHASE MATCHING; SELF CHANNELING; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0033224957     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.814987     Document Type: Article

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