Coherent dynamics of plasma mirrors

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 631-634

  Thaury, C ^a   George, H ^a   Quere F ^a   Loch, R ^b   Geindre, J P ^c   Monot, P ^a   Martin, Ph ^a  

^a CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

HIGH ORDER HARMONICS; INTENSE LASER FIELD; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS; ULTRAINTENSE LASER PULSE; ULTRASHORT X-RAY PULSE;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 48749084091     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys986     Document Type: Article

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