Electron acceleration by an intense short-pulse laser in underdense plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2468-2474

  Yu, M Y ^a   Yu, Wei ^b   Chen, Z Y ^a,c   Zhang, J ^d   Yin, Y ^e   Cao, L H ^e   Lu, P X ^b   Xu, Z Z ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; OSCILLATIONS;

ELECTRON ACCELERATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0037968273     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1572158     Document Type: Article

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