Modeling the filamentation of ultra-short pulses in ionizing media

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 193-209

  Couairon, A ^a   Berge L ^b  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

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EID: 0001644137     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873794     Document Type: Article

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