High harmonic generation with long-wavelength few-cycle laser pulses

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Bruno E ^a   Shiner, Andrew D ^b   Giguère, Mathieu ^a   Lassonde, Philippe ^a   Trallero Herrero, Carlos A ^c   Kieffer, J C ^a   Corkum, P B ^b   Villeneuve, D M ^b   Légaré, François ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BULK GLASS; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; COMPRESSION SCHEME; CYCLE PULSE; FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HOLLOW-CORE; INFRARED PULSE; ISOLATED ATTOSECOND PULSE; LASER SOURCES; LASER WAVELENGTH; LINEAR PROPAGATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; MULTI-CYCLE; MULTI-CYCLE PULSE; MULTI-ELECTRON; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; SATURATION INTENSITY; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH; SUB-KEV; THIRD ORDER DISPERSION;

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 84858684428     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/45/7/074008     Document Type: Article

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