Electron momentum states and bremsstrahlung radiation from the ultraintense field ionization of atoms

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3911-3920

  Chowdhury, Enam A ^a   Ghebregziabher, Isaac ^a   MacDonald, James ^a   Walker, Barry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DETECTORS; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS;

ABSORPTION BANDS; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION SPECTRA; NONLINEAR SPECTRUM; WHITE-LIGHT CONTINUUM (WLC) BEAMS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 4644310313     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003911     Document Type: Article

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