Calibration of a high harmonic spectrometer by laser induced plasma emission

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 15134-15144

  Farrell, J P ^a   McFarland, B K ^a   Bucksbaum, P H ^a   Guhr M ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; PHASE MATCHING; SPECTROMETERS;

DIRECT CALIBRATION; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH HARMONICS; LASER HARMONICS; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; PLASMA EMISSION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 69049108770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015134     Document Type: Article

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