Application of novel techniques for interferogram analysis to laser-plasma femtosecond probing

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-199

  Tomassini, Paolo ^a   Giulietti, A ^a   Gizzi, L A ^a   Numico, R ^a   Galimberti, M ^b   Giulietti, D ^b   Borghesi, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abelinversion; Continuous wavelet transforms; Interferometry; Particle acceleration; Plasma diagnostics

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE SHIFT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA PROBES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

INTERFEROGRAM ANALYSIS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0036909830     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034602202062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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