Analytic scaling analysis of high harmonic generation conversion efficiency

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 11217-11229

  Falcao Filho E L ^a   Gkortsas, V M ^a   Gordon, Ariel ^a   Kärtner, Franz X ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL STORAGE; EFFICIENCY; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET SOURCES; FITTING PROCEDURE; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PARAMETERS; SCALING ANALYSIS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

GLASS FIBER; NEON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAS; LASER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GASES; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEON; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SOFTWARE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67649258940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011217     Document Type: Article

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