Extreme-ultraviolet light generation in plasmonic nanostructures

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 304-309

  Sivis, M ^a   Duwe, M ^a   Abel, B ^b   Ropers, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER PULSES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS;

ATTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; ATTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPIES; EXTREME ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHTS; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; OPTICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; THIRD AND FIFTH HARMONIC;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84877584323     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2590     Document Type: Article

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