Ultrafast Science, Volume. 2, Issue 1, 9834102(2022)

Attosecond Delays of High-Harmonic Emissions from Hydrogen Isotopes Measured by XUV Interferometer

Mumta Hena Mustary1... Liang Xu2,3,*, Wanyang Wu2, Nida Haram1, Dane E. Laban1, Han Xu1, Feng He2,4, R. T. Sang1,* and Igor V. Litvinyuk1,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
  • 2Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Collaborative Innovation Center for IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093 Shanghai, China
  • 4CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Mumta Hena Mustary, Liang Xu, Wanyang Wu, Nida Haram, Dane E. Laban, Han Xu, Feng He, R. T. Sang, Igor V. Litvinyuk. Attosecond Delays of High-Harmonic Emissions from Hydrogen Isotopes Measured by XUV Interferometer[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2022, 2(1): 9834102

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 28, 2022

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: Xu Liang (liangxu2021@usst.edu.cn), Sang R. T. (r.sang@griffith.edu.au), Litvinyuk Igor V. (i.litvinyuk@griffith.edu.au)

    DOI:10.34133/2022/9834102

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