Generation of phase-stable sub-cycle mid-infrared pulses from filamentation in Nitrogen

Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-138

  Fuji, Takao ^a   Nomura, Yutaka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filamentation; Four wave mixing; Infrared; Ultrashort pulse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880953779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14545101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app3010122     Document Type: Article

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