High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 456-459

  Dromey, B ^a   Zepf, M ^a   Gopal, A ^b   Lancaster, K ^b   Wei, M S ^b   Krushelnick, K ^b   Tatarakis, M ^c   Vakakis, N ^d   Moustaizis, S ^d   Kodama, R ^e   Tampo, M ^e   Stoeckl, C ^f   Clarke, R ^g   Habara, H ^g   Neely, D ^g   Karsch, S ^g   Norreys, P ^g  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 33745779660     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys338     Document Type: Article

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