Laser-induced breakdown in H2 gas at 248 nm

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3183-3184

  Yagi, Takashi ^a   Huo, Yunshen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; KrF; Optical breakdown; Stimulated Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006650926     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003183     Document Type: Article

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