Adiabatic Frequency Up-Conversion of a Powerful Electromagnetic Pulse Producing Gas Ionization

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 34-44

  Gildenburg, V B ^a   Kim, A V ^a   Krupnov, V A ^a   Semenov, V E ^a   Sergeev, A M ^a   Zharova, N A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; GAS IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ADIABATIC FREQUENCY UPCONVERSION; FREQUENCY UPCONVERSION; IONIZING EM RADIATION; LASER RADIATION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0027542322     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.221099     Document Type: Note

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