Measuring and controlling the birth of attosecond XUV pulses

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 781-786

  Dudovich, N ^a   Smirnova, O ^a   Levesque, J ^a,b   Mairesse, Y ^a   Ivanov, M Yu ^a   Villeneuve, D M ^a   Corkum, P B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER PULSES;

ATTOSECOND MEASUREMENT; ATTOSECOND PULSE; HIGH-HARMONIC SPECTRUM; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL METHODS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SECOND HARMONICS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750625930     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys434     Document Type: Article

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