Computer simulation of laser-beam self-focusing in a plasma

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 449-467

  Subbarao, D ^a   Singh, H ^a,b   Uma, R ^a   Bhaskar, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Comp Applic R D Grp of NIIT Ltd ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER BEAMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

HANKEL TRANSFORM; SPLIT STEP FOURIER TRANSFORM;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0032599113     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377899007540     Document Type: Article

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