Pulse compression of phase-matched high harmonic pulses from a time-delay compensated monochromator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3725-3732

  Igarashi, Hironori ^a   Makida, Ayumu ^a   Ito, Motohiko ^a   Sekikawa, Taro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MONOCHROMATORS; PHASE MATCHING; PHOTONS; TIME DELAY;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH HARMONICS; HOLLOW FIBER; INTERACTION LENGTH; PHASE MATCHING CONDITIONS; PHOTON FLUX; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE-FRONT TILT; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84857319989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003725     Document Type: Article

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