Interference effects in high-order harmonic generation by homonuclear diatomic molecules

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Odak, S ^a   Miloevic D B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES;

AB-INITIO; ATOMIC ORBITALS; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCES; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; ELECTRON WAVE PACKETS; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATIONS; HOMONUCLEAR DIATOMIC MOLECULES; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MOLECULAR STATE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; STRONG-FIELD APPROXIMATIONS; TWO-CENTER INTERFERENCES;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 61649085720     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.023414     Document Type: Article

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