Observation of high-order harmonic generation in a bulk crystal

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-141

  Ghimire, Shambhu ^a   Dichiara, Anthony D ^b   Sistrunk, Emily ^b   Agostini, Pierre ^b   Dimauro, Louis F ^b   Reis, David A ^a,c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ZINC OXIDE;

ATTOSECOND PULSE; BULK CRYSTALLINE; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; MULTIPLE IONIZATION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; STRUCTURE-RELATED;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 79551644106     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1847     Document Type: Article

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