Single sub-50-attosecond pulse generation from chirp-compensated harmonic radiation using material dispersion

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 5 A, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Kyung Taec ^a   Kim, Chul Min ^a   Baik, Moon Gu ^b   Umesh, G ^a,c   Nam, Chang Hee ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; IONIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NEON; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAYS;

HARMONIC RADIATION; LINEAR FREQUENCY CHIRP; SINGLE ATTOSECOND PULSES; X RAY FILTERS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 3042707439     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.051805     Document Type: Article

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