Laser streaking of free electrons at 25 keV

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-57

  Kirchner, F O ^a,b   Gliserin, A ^a,b   Krausz, F ^a,b   Baum, P ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS STRUCTURE; ATTOSECOND RESOLUTION; DE BROGLIE WAVELENGTH; ELECTRONIC MOTIONS; LONG-TERM GOALS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; ULTRA-THIN METALS; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ATOMS;

EID: 84891327411     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.315     Document Type: Article

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