Relativistic plasma control for single attosecond pulse generation: Theory, simulations, and structure of the pulse

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-346

  Baeva, T ^a   Gordienko, S ^b   Pukhov, A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Attosecond pulses; High harmonics; Relativistic plasma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA FLOW; POLARIZATION;

ATTOSECOND PULSES; HIGH HARMONICS; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA CONTROL (RPC);

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34347337491     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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