Optimum conical angle of a Bessel-Gauss beam for low-order harmonic generation in gases

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1377-1384

  Caron, C F R ^a,b   Potvliege, R M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Springer Verlag GmbH   (Germany)

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EID: 0033410704     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001377     Document Type: Article

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