Nonlinear formation of holographic images of obscurations in laser beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 36, 1997, Pages 9342-9347

  Widmayer, C Clay ^a   Milam, David ^a   De Szoeke, Simon P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical damage; Self focusing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037527893     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.009342     Document Type: Article

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