Propagation of intense laser pulses through inhomogeneous ionizing gas profiles

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1090-1097

  Andreev, Nikolai E ^a   Chegotov, Mikhail V ^a   Downer, Michael C ^b   Gaul, Erhard W ^b   Matlis, Nicolas H ^b   Pogosova, Alla A ^a   Rundquist, Andy R ^b  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; FOCUSING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMAS;

AMMOSOV-DELONE-KRAINOV FIELD IONIZATION EQUATION; LASER IONIZATION; LASER PROPAGATION; LASER PULSE DISTORTION; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION; RELATIVISTIC COLD PLASMA EQUATIONS; VACUUM-GAS INTERFACE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0034240015     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.893310     Document Type: Article

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