Direct measurement of light waves

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5688, 2004, Pages 1267-1269

  Goulielmakis, E ^a   Uiberacker, M ^a   Kienberger, R ^a   Baltuska, A ^a   Yakovlev, V ^a   Scrinzi, A ^a   Westerwalbesloh, Th ^b   Kleineberg, U ^b   Heinzmann, U ^b   Drescher, M ^b   Krausz, F ^a,c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTRONS; FREQUENCIES; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OSCILLATIONS;

INFRARED LIGHT; LIGHT FIELDS; LIGHT WAVES; ULTRABROADBAND LIGHT WAVEFORMS;

LIGHT MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIGHT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LIGHT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 4344614534     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100866     Document Type: Article

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25. We are grateful to B. Ferus for creating the artwork. Sponsored by the fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschafllichen Forschung (Austria, grant nos. Y44-PHY, P15382, and F016), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Volkswagenstiftung (Germany), the European ATTO and Ultrashort XUV Pulses for Time-Resolved and Non-Linear Applications networks, and an Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology fellowship to R.K. from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.