Strong-field physics with singular light beams

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 743-746

  Zurch M ^a,b   Kern, C ^a,b   Hansinger, P ^a,b   Dreischuh, A ^c   Spielmann, Ch ^a,b,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Abbe Center of Photonics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MICROMANIPULATORS; MOMENTUM; QUANTUM OPTICS;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL VORTEX BEAM; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POINT SINGULARITIES; STRONG-FIELD PHYSICS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84867196948     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2397     Document Type: Article

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