Self-consistent Maxwell–Bloch model for high-order harmonic generation in nanostructured semiconductors

Anton Rudenko; Maria K. Hagen; Jörg Hader; Stephan W. Koch; Jerome V. Moloney

doi:10.1364/PRJ.463258

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