Attosecond electron wave packet interferometry

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 323-326

  Remetter, T ^a   Johnsson, P ^a   Mauritsson, J ^b   Varju K ^a   Ni, Y ^c   Lepine F ^c   Gustafsson, E ^a   Kling, M ^c   Khan, J ^c   Lopez Martens R ^d   Schafer, K J ^b   Vrakking, M J J ^c   L'Huillier, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECONDS; ELECTRON WAVE PACKET;

EID: 33646869491     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys290     Document Type: Article

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