Spatial distribution of high-order harmonics from solid surface plasmas

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 665-668

  Ishizawa, Atsushi ^a,b,c   Kanai, Teruto ^a,d   Ozaki, Tsuneyuki ^a,e,f   Kuroda, Hiroto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Research Associate

^f AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION LASER; HIGH ORDER HARMONICS; LASER PLASMA INTERACTION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR LIKE INSTABILITY; SOLID SURFACE PLASMAS; SOLID VACUUM INTERFACES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STABILITY;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0033685723     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.845720     Document Type: Article

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