Quantum-path control in high-order harmonic generation at high photon energies

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaoshi ^a   Lytle, Amy L ^a   Cohen, Oren ^a   Murnane, Margaret M ^a   Kapteyn, Henry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEPARATION; TRAJECTORIES;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; ALL-OPTICAL; ATTOSECOND; COHERENCE LENGTHS; COUNTERPROPAGATING (CP); DIRECTION OF PROPAGATION; HARMONIC BEAMS; HIGH ORDER; HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION (HHG); PATH CONTROL; PHOTON ENERGIES; PULSE TRAINS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; QUANTUM TRAJECTORIES; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHING (QPM); SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; STRONG FIELDS; TIME SCALING;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 46249107632     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/025021     Document Type: Article

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