Optimization of three-color laser field for the generation of single ultrashort attosecond pulse

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 23857-23866

  Li, Peng Cheng ^a,b   Liu, I Lin ^a   Chu, Shih I ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES;

ACCELERATION TIME; ATTOSECOND PULSE; ATTOSECONDS; DINGER EQUATION; HIGH ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION; OPTIMIZED LASER PULSE; PSEUDOSPECTRAL; RELATIVE PHASIS; SUPERCONTINUUM; SUPERCONTINUUM SPECTRA; THREE-COLOR LASERS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY;

COLOR; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 82055186754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023857     Document Type: Article

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