Pressure control of phase matching in high-order harmonic generation in hollow fibers filled with an absorbing weakly ionizing gas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 811-817

  Naumov, A N ^a   Zheltikov, A M ^a   Fedotov, A B ^a   Sidorov Biryukov, D A ^a   Tarasevitch, A P ^b   Zhou, Ping ^b   Von der Linde, D ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; PRESSURE CONTROL;

PHASE MATCHING; WEAKLY IONIZING GASES;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0035633927     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000811     Document Type: Article

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