Numerical simulations of the nonlinear propagation of femtosecond optical pulses in gases

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 383-396

  Chiron, A ^a   Lamouroux, B ^b   Lange, R ^b   Ripoche, J F ^b   Franco, M ^b   Prade, B ^b   Bonnaud, G ^c   Riazuelo, G ^c   Mysyrowicz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^c CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

AXISYMMETRIC MODELING; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; INTENSE FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; MPI (MULTI-PHOTON IONIZATION); NONLINEAR KERR EFFECTS; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SELF-COMPRESSION; TRANSPARENT MEDIA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0033145471     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530050322     Document Type: Article

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