Efficient third-harmonic generation through tailored IR femtosecond laser pulse filamentation in air

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3190-3194

  Suntsov, S ^a   Abdollahpour, D ^a   Papazoglou, D G ^a,b   Tzortzakis, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FUSED SILICA; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PULSES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

FAR FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FILAMENTATION; THIRD HARMONIC;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 61649110758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003190     Document Type: Article

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