From N2 (337 nm) to high-order harmonic generation: 40 years of coherent source development in the UV and VUV

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1051-1060

  Eden, J G ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; EXCIMER LASERS; HARMONIC GENERATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

COHERENT SOURCE; SOFT X RAY REGION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0034313094     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.902154     Document Type: Article

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