Frequency tunable single attosecond pulse production from aligned diatomic molecules ionized by intense laser field

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2269-2278

  Emelin, Mikhail Yu ^a   Ryabikin, Mikhail Yu ^a   Sergeev, Alexander M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

ALIGNED MOLECULES; BARRIER SUPPRESSION IONIZATION; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; ELECTRON WAVE PACKET; EXCITED MOLECULES; FREQUENCY-TUNING; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTENSE LASER FIELD; INTENSE LASER PULSE; INTERNUCLEAR SEPARATION; IONIZED ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR ALIGNMENT; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SINGLE ATTOSECOND PULSE; SOFT X-RAY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 76149140892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.002269     Document Type: Article

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