Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6923, 2003, Pages 611-615

  Baltuska A ^a   Udem, Th ^b   Uiberacker, M ^a   Hentschel, M ^a   Goulielmakis, E ^a   Gohle, Ch ^b   Holzwarth, R ^b   Yakovlev, V S ^a   Scrinzi, A ^a   Hanscht T W ^b   Krausz, F ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

CARRIER FREQUENCY;

LASER BEAMS;

LIGHT; PHYSICS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; LASER; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TIME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042534589     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01414     Document Type: Article

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