Experimental study of relativistic self-focusing and self-channeling of an intense laser pulse in an underdense plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Gibbon, P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELECTRON DEPARTURE; ION MOTION; LASER PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIELD IONIZATION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0030121653     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.509998     Document Type: Article

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