Theoretical analysis of high-order harmonic generation from a coherent superposition of states

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-317

  Milošević, Dejan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUANTUM THEORY; VECTORS;

COHERENT SUPERPOSITION OF STATES; EXCITATION ENERGY; HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 33644885471     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000308     Document Type: Article

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