Quantum interference during high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7041, 2005, Pages 470-474

  Kanai, Tsuneto ^a   Minemoto, Shinichirou ^a   Sakai, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

HARMONIC SIGNALS; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION (HHG); QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SOFT X-RAY REGIONS;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; IONIZATION; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM YIELD; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 19544368840     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03577     Document Type: Article

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