Molecular high harmonic generation in a two-color field

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 11664-11670

  Wei, Pengfei ^a   Liu, Candong ^a   Zhang, Chunmei ^a   Huang, Yansui ^a   Leng, Yuxin ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Zheng, Yinghui ^a   Zeng, Zhinan ^a   Li, Ruxin ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LASERS; MOLECULES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; XENON;

HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER CONDITIONS; LASER INTENSITIES; TUNABLE LASERS; TWO-COLOR; TWO-COLOR LASER PULSE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

METHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHTING; METHANE;

EID: 77952812437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.011664     Document Type: Article

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