Attosecond Synchronization of High-Harmonic Soft X-rays

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5650, 2003, Pages 1540-1543

  Mairesse, Y ^a   De Bohan, A ^a   Frasinski, L J ^b   Merdji, H ^a   Dinu, L C ^c   Monchicourt, P ^a   Breger, P ^a   Kovacev M ^a   Taieb R ^d   Carre B ^a   Muller, H G ^c   Agostini, P ^a   Salieres P ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT EMISSION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; X RAYS;

PULSE DURATION; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON DYNAMICS;

X RAY LASERS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; LASER; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0345690132     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1090277     Document Type: Article

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