Three-dimensional spatial imaging in multiphoton ionization rate measurements

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2221-2226

  Bredy, Richard ^a,c   Camp, Howard A ^a   Nguyen, Hai ^a,d   Awata, Takaaki ^b   Shan, Bing ^a   Chang, Zhenghu ^a   DePaola, B D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS;

IONIZATION RATE MEASUREMENTS; LASER BEAM INTENSITY; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL IMAGING;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 11244264378     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.002221     Document Type: Article

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