Effects of chirp and pulse shape on high harmonic generation and absorption in overdense plasmas

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-104

  Lavocat Dubuis, X ^a,b   Vidal, F ^a   Matte, J P ^a   Popovici, C ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harmonic generation; Lasers; Overdense plasmas

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN PULSE; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGHER HARMONICS; LASER ABSORPTION; LASER ENERGY ABSORPTION; OVERDENSE PLASMA; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PULSE SHAPES; THIRD ORDER DISPERSION; VACUUM HEATING;

ABSORPTION; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 79960342829     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034610000807     Document Type: Article

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