SBS reflectivity from spatially smoothed laser beams: Random phase plates versus polarization smoothing

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2706-2711

  Huller S ^a   Mounaix, Ph ^a   Tikhonchuk, V T ^b  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001032862     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872958     Document Type: Article

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