Superradiant amplification of an ultrashort laser pulse in a plasma by a counterpropagating pump

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4879-4882

  Shvets, G ^a   Fisch, N J ^a   Pukhov, A ^b   Meyer Ter Vehn, J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0000128148     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4879     Document Type: Article

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