Quantum mechanical approach to probing the birth of attosecond pulses using a two-colour field

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Dahlstrom J M ^a   L'Huillier, A ^a   Mauritsson, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECOND PULSE; EVEN AND ODD HARMONICS; EVEN-HARMONIC; FUNDAMENTAL FIELD; INTENSE LASER; PHASE VARIATION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; SADDLE POINT; SECOND-HARMONIC FIELDS; STRONG-FIELD APPROXIMATIONS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

GROUP DELAY;

EID: 79955455470     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/44/9/095602     Document Type: Article

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