Interferometric autocorrelation of an attosecond pulse train calculated using feasible formulae

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nabekawal, Y ^a   Midorikawa, K ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; LOCOMOTIVES; MAGNETISM; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; NITROGEN; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RAILROAD CARS;

ATTOSECOND PULSE TRAINS; CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS; CORRELATION SIGNAL; COULOMB EXPLOSION (CE); DIPOLE APPROXIMATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FOCAL REGIONS; INTERFERENCE FRINGES; INTERFEROMETRIC AUTOCORRELATION; LASER FIELDS; NITROGEN MOLECULES; NON LINEAR INTERACTIONS; PRACTICAL ANALYSIS; SECOND ORDER PERTURBATION THEORY (GSBM); SPATIAL CONVOLUTION; SPATIAL OVERLAP;

CORRELATION DETECTORS;

EID: 46249090068     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/025034     Document Type: Article

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