Femtosecond to attosecond light pulses from a molecular modulator

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 664-671

  Baker, S ^a   Walmsley, I A ^b   Tisch, J W G ^a   Marangos, J P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80455124028     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.256     Document Type: Review

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