Single-shot carrier-envelope phase measurement of few-cycle laser pulses

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 357-362

  Wittmann, T ^a   Horvath, B ^a   Helml, W ^a   Schatzel M G ^a   Gu, X ^a   Cavalieri, A L ^a   Paulus, G G ^b,c   Kienberger, R ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ATTOSECOND METROLOGY; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE MEASUREMENT; FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE; LEFT-RIGHT ASYMMETRY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NEW EVALUATION METHODS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67649220704     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1250     Document Type: Article

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