High-order harmonic generation directly from a filament

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Steingrube, D S ^a,b   Schulz, E ^a,b   Binhammer, T ^c   Gaarde, M B ^d,e   Couairon, A ^f   Morgner, U ^a,b,g   Kovacev M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR QUANTUM ENGINEERING AND SPACE TIME RESEARCH QUEST   (Germany)

^c LPKF Laser and Electronics GmbH   (Germany)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^g LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER RADIATION;

EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH ORDER HARMONICS; INFRARED (IR) LASER PULSE; ISOLATED ATTOSECOND PULSE; SPECTRAL BROADENING; TIME RESOLVED STUDIES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 79955370167     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/4/043022     Document Type: Article

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