Nonsinusoidal few-cycle pulsed light beams in free space

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1468-1474

  Porras, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0006077096     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001468     Document Type: Article

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