Attosecond photon sources: The first decade and beyond [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Zenghu ^a,b   Corkum, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECONDS; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; PHOTON SOURCES; ULTRAFAST LASER;

ULTRAFAST LASERS;

EID: 78149362877     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.0000B9     Document Type: Article

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