Attosecond phase locking of harmonics emitted from laser-produced plasmas

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Nomura, Y ^a   Horlein R ^a,b   Tzallas, P ^c   Dromey, B ^d   Rykovanov, S ^a,e   Major, Zs ^a   Osterhoff, J ^a   Karsch, S ^a   Veisz, L ^a   Zepf, M ^d   Charalambidis, D ^c,f   Krausz, F ^a,b   Tsakiris, G D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER RADIATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PLASMA DENSITY; PUMPING (LASER); X RAYS;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; GENERATION TECHNIQUES; INFRARED LASER LIGHT; INTERACTION PROCESS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; RADIATION INTENSITY; RELATIVISTIC LASER PLASMA;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 59349093498     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1155     Document Type: Article

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