Fast switching with laser-generated continuous plasma columns

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2781-2787

  Polonskiy, L Ya ^a   Goltsov, A Yu ^a   Morozov, A V ^b  

^a PXL Inc   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000755972     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.871711     Document Type: Article

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