A frequency comb in the extreme ultraviolet

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7048, 2005, Pages 234-237

  Gohle, Christoph ^a   Udem, Thomas ^a   Herrmann, Maximilian ^a   Rauschenberger, Jens ^a   Holzwarth, Ronald ^a   Schuessler, Hans A ^a   Krausz, Ferenc ^a,b   Hänsen, Theodor W ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; HOLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST LASER PULSE; X RAY ATOMIC CLOCKS;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; HOLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 22544480295     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03851     Document Type: Article

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