Isolated sub-100-as pulse generation by optimizing two-color laser fields using simulated annealing algorithm

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 538-543

  Zheng, Li ^a   Tang, Songsong ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DELAY;

ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; PHASE COMPENSATION; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE GENERATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; TWO-COLOR LASER FIELDS; XUV SUPERCONTINUUM;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 58649084347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000538     Document Type: Article

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