Efficient broadband emission from condensed media irradiated by low-intensity, unfocused, ultrashort laser light

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8555-8564

  Dharmadhikari, A K ^a   Rajgara, F A ^a   Mathur, D ^a   Schroeder, H ^b   Liu, J ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION;

BROADBAND EMISSION; CONDENSED MEDIA; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS; LASER BEAM PROPAGATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 26844526005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008555     Document Type: Article

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