Attosecond science

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Corkum, P B ^a   Krausz, Ferenc ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; ATOMIC SCALE; ATTOSECOND SCIENCE; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; MOTION OF ELECTRONS; REAL TIME OBSERVATION; SPACE AND TIME; TIME-DOMAIN CONTROL;

ATOMS;

EID: 34249912641     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys620     Document Type: Article

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