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EPJ ST - Special Topics
Special Topics
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 175, 191-194 (2009)
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-01140-5

Direct observation of quantum-path interferences in high order harmonic generation

E. Cormier1, A. Zaïr2, M. Holler2, F. Schapper2, U. Keller2, A. Wyatt3, A. Monmayrant3, I. Walmsley3, T. Auguste4 and P. Salières4

1  CELIA, Université Bordeaux I, CEA, CNRS, UMR 5107, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
2  Physics Department, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
3  Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
4  SPAM, Centre d'Études de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

cormier@celia.u-bordeaux1.fr
zair@phys.ethz.ch

Abstract
Intensity dependent high harmonic generation was investigated when both short and long trajectories contribute to the emission. We have directly observed for the first time clear indication of quantum-path interference through harmonic spectrum modulations.



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