Probing collective multi-electron dynamics in xenon with high-harmonic spectroscopy

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 464-467

  Shiner, A D ^a   Schmidt, B E ^a,b   Trallero Herrero, C ^a,c   Worner H J ^a,d   Patchkovskii, S ^a   Corkum, P B ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a   Legare F ^a   Villeneuve, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; XENON;

ATTOSECOND SCIENCE; ELECTRON INTERACTION; GIANT RESONANCES; INNER-SHELL ELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION CROSS SECTION; STRONG-FIELD APPROXIMATIONS; SYNCHROTRON SOURCE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958004454     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1940     Document Type: Article

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