Atomic wavefunctions probed through strong-field light-matterinteraction

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 412-416

  Shafir, D ^a   Mairesse, Y ^b,c   Villeneuve, D M ^c   Corkum, P B ^c   Dudovich, N ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORBITALS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATOMIC WAVE FUNCTION; ELECTRON IONS; ELECTRONIC WAVE FUNCTIONS; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HIGH CONTRAST; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ATOMS;

EID: 67650260862     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1251     Document Type: Article

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