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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 5, 050201(2023)

Phase dependence of third-order harmonic generation in gases induced by two-color laser field Editors' Pick

Congsen Meng1, Pan Song1, Zhihui Lyu1、*, Xiaowei Wang1, Dongwen Zhang1, Zengxiu Zhao1, and Jianmin Yuan1,2
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  • 1Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China
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    Congsen Meng, Pan Song, Zhihui Lyu, Xiaowei Wang, Dongwen Zhang, Zengxiu Zhao, Jianmin Yuan. Phase dependence of third-order harmonic generation in gases induced by two-color laser field[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(5): 050201

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    Category: Atomic and Molecular Optics

    Received: Dec. 2, 2022

    Accepted: Feb. 8, 2023

    Posted: Feb. 8, 2023

    Published Online: May. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Zhihui Lyu (lvzhihui@nudt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.050201

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