Convective amplification of wake field due to self-modulation of a laser pulse induced by field ionization

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 292-299

  Kato, S ^a,b   Kishimoto, Y ^a   Koga, J ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000773782     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872701     Document Type: Article

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