Coherent ultrashort XUV emission by harmonic generation

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-327

  Salières, Pascal ^a   Le Déroff, Laurent ^a   Hergott, Jean François ^a   Merdji, Hamed ^a   Carré, Bertrand ^a  

^a CE Saclay   (France)

Author keywords

Coherence; Extreme ultraviolet sources; High harmonic generation; Interferometry; Plasma physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165107     PISSN: 12962147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2147(00)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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