Enhanced fragmentation of toluene through linear and nonlinear increase of the focal spot area of an ultrashort laser pulse

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Tang, X P ^a   Becker, A ^b   Liu, W ^a,b   Sharifi, M ^a   Kosareva, O ^c   Kandidov, V P ^c   Agostini, P ^a,d,e   Chin, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d DIF   (France)

^e MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL GEOMETRY; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE;

GEOMETRY; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL DEVICES;

TOLUENE;

EID: 26944469624     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.045401     Document Type: Review

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