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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Strong Field Control of Atomic and Molecular Dynamics: An Attosecond Resolved Study

Niranjan Shivaram, Henry R. Timmers, Xiao‐Min Tong, Arvinder S. Sandhu

Published Mar 2, 2012• 0 citations
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