Femtosecond pulse propagation in air: Variational analysis

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 4540-4549

  Akozbek N ^a   Bowden, C M ^a   Talebpour, A ^b   Chin, S L ^b  

^a US Army Aviation and Missile Command   (United States)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

A-PARTICLES; FEMTOSECOND-PULSE PROPAGATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; POTENTIAL WELLS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 0000902710     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.4540     Document Type: Article

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