The generation and utilisation of half-cycle cut-offs in high harmonic spectra

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 697-719

  Chipperfield, Luke E ^a   Robinson, Joseph S ^b   Knight, Peter L ^a   Marangos, Jonathan P ^a   Tisch, John W G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attosecond; Carrier envelope phase; CEP; Few cycle pulses; HHG; High order harmonic generation; Phase matching

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECONDS; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; CEP; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; HHG; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PHASE MATCHING;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958574592     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200900028     Document Type: Review

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