Comparison study of supercontinuum generation by molecular alignment of N2 and O2

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5822-5828

  Cai, Hua ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Peng, Yan ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; MOLECULES;

COMPARISON STUDY; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; FEMTOSECOND FILAMENTATION; FOCUSING EFFECT; POLARIZABILITIES; PUMP INTENSITIES; SPACE TIME FOCUSING; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 65249178321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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