Quantum path selection in high-harmonic generation by a phase-locked two-color field

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 20876-20883

  Ishii, N ^a,b   Kosuge, A ^a,b   Hayashi, T ^a   Kanai, T ^a,b   Itatani, J ^a,b   Adachi, S ^a,b   Watanabe, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ELECTRON TRAJECTORIES; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; PATH SELECTION; PHASE DEPENDENT; SECOND-HARMONIC FIELDS; TUNNEL IONIZATION; TWO-COLOR LASER FIELDS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 57349140814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020876     Document Type: Article

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