Theoretical investigation of single attosecond pulse generation in an orthogonally polarized two-color laser field

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 686-694

  Yu, Yongli ^a,b   Song, Xiaohong ^a   Fu, Yuxi ^a,b   Li, Ruxin ^a   Cheng, Ya ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; COLOR; ELECTRONS; POLARIZATION;

ATTOSECOND PULSES; IONIZED ELECTRONS; SATELLITE PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38849091482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000686     Document Type: Article

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