High-order above-threshold ionization with few-cycle pulse: A meter of the absolute phase

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1418-1429

  Milosevic D B ^a   Paulus, G G ^b   Becker, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HAMILTONIANS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

CLASSICAL ANALYSIS; FEMTOSECOND PHENOMENA; LASER POLARIZATION; STRONG-FIELD PROCESSES;

IONIZATION;

EID: 0942277893     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001418     Document Type: Article

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