Optical propagation in molecular gases undergoing filamentation-assisted field-free alignment

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Calegari, F ^a   Vozzi, C ^a   Stagira, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROBES; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS;

FIELD-FREE ALIGNMENTS; FILAMENTATION; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; MOLECULAR GAS; OPTICAL PROPAGATION; PROBE BEAMS; PROBE PULSE; PUMP-PROBE DELAYS; ROTATIONAL EXCITATIONS; SPECTRAL RESHAPING; TEMPORAL DOMAINS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ULTRA SHORT LASER PULSE;

GASES;

EID: 62249188914     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.023827     Document Type: Article

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