Attoclock reveals natural coordinates of the laser-induced tunnelling current flow in atoms

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-80

  Pfeiffer, Adrian N ^a   Cirelli, Claudio ^a   Smolarski, Mathias ^a   Dimitrovski, Darko ^b   Abu Samha, Mahmoud ^b   Madsen, Lars Bojer ^b   Keller, Ursula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84355166602     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2125     Document Type: Article

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