Attosecond control of collective electron motion in plasmas

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 416-421

  Borot, Antonin ^a   Malvache, Arnaud ^a   Chen, Xiaowei ^a   Jullien, Aurélie ^a   Geindre, Jean Paul ^b   Audebert, Patrick ^b   Mourou, Gérard ^c   Quéré, Fabien ^d   Lopez Martens, Rodrigo ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CE Saclay   (France)

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EID: 84862802271     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2269     Document Type: Article

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