Acceleration of neutral atoms in strong short-pulse laser fields

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7268, 2009, Pages 1261-1264

  Eichmann, U ^a,b   Nubbemeyer, T ^a   Rottke, H ^a   Sandner, W ^a,b  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED SCIENCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; KINEMATICS; POLARIZATION;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATOM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FORCE; GRAVITY; KINEMATICS; LASER; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

EID: 70350645446     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08481     Document Type: Article

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