Towards non-sequential double ionization of Ne and Ar using a femtosecond laser oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 18103-18110

  Liu, Yunquan ^a   Tschuch, Sebastian ^a   Dürr, Martin ^a   Rudenko, Artem ^a   Moshammer, Robert ^a   Ullrich, Joachim ^a   Siegel, Martin ^b   Morgner, Uwe ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER OSCILLATORS; ZERO-MOMENTUM ELECTRONS;

NEON;

ARGON; ION; NEON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ARGON; IONS; LASERS; NEON; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 37549055877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.018103     Document Type: Article

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