Manipulating quantum paths for novel attosecond measurement methods

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 187-194

  Kim, Kyung Taec ^a   Villeneuve, D M ^a   Corkum, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECOND MEASUREMENT; ATTOSECOND PULSE; CONDENSED MATTER; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; SOFT X-RAY RANGE; SYNCHRONIZED LASER; TIME RESOLUTION; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 84896889480     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.26     Document Type: Review

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