Extending the capabilities of ablation harmonics to shorter wavelengths and higher intensity

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Ozaki, T ^a   Bom, L Elouga ^a   Ganeev, R A ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; High harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

BEAM LINES; HIGH-ORDER HARMONICS (HH); LASER LIGHT; LASER PLASMAS; OSCILLATOR STRENGTH (OS); PLASMA PLUMES; QUASI-MONOCHROMATIC; SECOND HARMONIC (SH); SHORTER WAVELENGTHS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849129060     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026303460800027X     Document Type: Article

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