Extreme nonlinear optics: Attosecond photonics at short wavelengths

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1339-1350

  Gibson, Emily A ^a   Zhang, Xiaoshi ^a   Popmintchev, Tenio ^a   Paul, Ariel ^a   Wagner, Nick ^a   Lytle, Amy ^a   Christov, Ivan P ^b   Murnane, Margaret M ^a   Kapteyn, Henry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Ultrafast optics; Waveguides; X ray production

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

ATTOSECOND PHOTONICS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; X-RAY PRODUCTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 13844272261     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.838078     Document Type: Article

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