High-harmonic generation by resonant plasmon field enhancement

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7196, 2008, Pages 757-760

  Kim, Seungchul ^a   Jin, Jonghan ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Park, In Yong ^a   Kim, Yunseok ^a   Kim, Seung Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; GOLD; METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARGON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LASER METHOD; LIGHT INTENSITY; SAPPHIRE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; IMAGING; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 44849112137     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07012     Document Type: Article

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