The effect of high intensity laser propagation instabilities on channel formation in underdense plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 438-442

  Najmudin, Z ^a   Krushelnick, K ^a   Tatarakis, M ^a   Clark, E L ^a,b   Danson, C N ^c   Malka, V ^d   Neely, D ^b,c   Santala, M I K ^a,e   Dangor, A E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA THEORY; REFRACTION;

UNDERDENSE PLASMAS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0037324081     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1534585     Document Type: Article

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