Transient filamentation of a laser beam in a thermal force dominated plasma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 670-673

  Lal, A K ^a   Marsh, K A ^a   Clayton, C E ^a   Joshi, C ^a   McKinstrie, C J ^b,c   Li, J S ^b,c   Johnston, T W ^d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRONS; FREQUENCIES; IONS; LASER BEAMS; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FILAMENTATION; ION ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY; ION GRATINGS; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; THERMAL FORCE DOMINATED PLASMA; WHOLE BEAM SELF FOCUSING;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030836090     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.670     Document Type: Article

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