Plasma guiding and wakefield generation for second-generation experiments

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-342

  Leemans, W P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LASER PULSES; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA WAVES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

LASER SYSTEMS; PARABOLIC CHANNEL; PLASMA CHANNELS; PLASMA GUIDING;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0030121543     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.509997     Document Type: Article

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