High harmonic interferometry of multi-electron dynamics in molecules

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7258, 2009, Pages 972-977

  Smirnova, Olga ^a,b   Mairesse, Yann ^a,c   Patchkovskii, Serguei ^a   Dudovich, Nirit ^a,d   Villeneuve, David ^a   Corkum, Paul ^a   Ivanov, Misha Yu ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRON; INTERFEROMETRY; POLARIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; GAS; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 69149096598     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08253     Document Type: Article

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