Third-harmonic generation at atmospheric pressure in methane by use of intense femtosecond pulses in the tight-focusing limit

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 792-800

  Marcus, G ^a   Zigler, A ^a   Henis, Z ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 0033425840     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000792     Document Type: Article

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