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Vol. 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 Lyu^1、*, Xiaowei Wang¹, Dongwen Zhang¹, Zengxiu Zhao¹, and Jianmin Yuan^1、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 Copy Citation Text

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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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