Comparison of parallel and perpendicular polarized counterpropagating light for suppressing high harmonic generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2421-2427

  Landreman, Matt ^a   O'Keeffe, Kevin ^a   Robinson, Tom ^a   Zepf, Matt ^b   Dromey, Brendan ^b   Hooker, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COUNTERPROPAGATING LASER PULSES; HARMONIC SUPPRESSION; PARALLEL POLARIZATION;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 36048937092     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002421     Document Type: Article

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