Spectroscopy of short, intense laser pulses due to gas ionization effects

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 643-649

  Rau, B ^a   Siders, C W ^a   Le Blanc, S P ^a   Fisher, D L ^a   Downer, M C ^a   Tajima, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FOCUSING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GASES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BLUE SHIFT; DEFOCUSING; RAY TRACING TECHNIQUE; SPECTRAL PHASE DISTORTION;

IONIZATION;

EID: 0031096137     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000643     Document Type: Article

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