Control of quantum paths in the multicycle regime and efficient broadband attosecond pulse generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1684-1689

  Hong, Weiyi ^a   Li, Yuhua ^a   Lu, Peixiang ^a   Lan, Pengfei ^a   Zhang, Qingbin ^a   Wang, Xinbing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECOND PULSE; ATTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; ATTOSECONDS; HARMONIC YIELDS; ISOLATED ATTOSECOND PULSE; MULTI-CYCLE; PATH SELECTION; TWO-COLOR;

OPTICS;

EID: 59949084526     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001684     Document Type: Article

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