Plasmonic generation of ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet light pulses

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 677-681

  Park, In Yong ^a   Kim, Seungchul ^a   Choi, Joonhee ^a   Lee, Dong Hyub ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Kling, Matthias F ^b   Stockman, Mark I ^c   Kim, Seung Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80455176846     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.258     Document Type: Article

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