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Original Articles

Harmonic emission spectra and attosecond pulse generation from helium atom driven by the mid-infrared nonhomogeneous field

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Pages 289-297 | Received 18 Feb 2017, Accepted 21 Apr 2017, Published online: 01 Jun 2017

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