Polarization of high-intensity high-harmonic generation
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- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 51 (5) , R3433-R3436
Abstract
We have discovered that the polarization of high harmonics generated by intense, short, elliptically polarized laser pulses is rotated with respect to the incident laser polarization. This strong-field effect is a test of models of intense laser-atom processes.Keywords
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