Precise in-situ measurement of laser pulse intensity using strong field ionization

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9336-9344

  Smeenk, C ^a   Salvail, J Z ^a   Arissian, L ^a,b,c   Corkum, P B ^a   Hebeisen, C T ^a   Staudte, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEMTOSECONDS; FREE PARAMETERS; IMPROVED METHODS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LASER PULSE INTENSITY; PEAK INTENSITY; PHOTOELECTRON IMAGING; STRONG FIELD IONIZATION;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 79955852509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009336     Document Type: Article

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