Nonlinear optics in the extreme ultraviolet

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7017, 2004, Pages 605-608

  Sekikawa, Taro ^a   Kosuge, Atsushi ^a   Kanai, Teruto ^a   Watanabe, Shuntaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HELIUM; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAYS;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (XUV); OPTICAL FIELDS; SOFT X-RAY REGIME;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

HELIUM;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; IONIZATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 10344250961     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03108     Document Type: Article

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