Enhancement of high-order harmonic emission using attosecond pulse trains

Laser Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 899-902

  Biegert, J ^a   Heinrich, A ^a   Hauri, C P ^a   Kornelis, W ^a   Schlup, P ^a   Anscombe, M ^a   Schafer, K J ^b   Gaarde, M B ^b   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PULSES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; XENON;

ATTOSECOND PULSE TRAINS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; TUNNEL IONIZATION; X-RAY MICROSCOPY;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 23844456934     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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