Femtosecond electron pulse gating using surface plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 4115-4127

  Irvine, S E ^a   Elezzabi, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTRON BEAMS; PLASMONS;

ANGLE-RESOLVED ENERGY SPECTRA; ELECTRIC FIELD GRADIENTS; EXTERNAL ELECTRONS; FEMTOSECOND ELECTRON PULSE; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; GATING TECHNIQUES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 33845949236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004115     Document Type: Article

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