Single attosecond pulse generation by nonlinear Thomson scattering in a tightly focused intense laser beam

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Lan, Pengfei ^a   Lu, Peixiang ^a   Cao, Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT;

INTENSE LASER PULSE; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; SINGLE ATTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; THOMSON SCATTERING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 31644436271     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2164459     Document Type: Article

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