Dynamics of space-time self-focusing of a femtosecond relativistic laser pulse in an underdense plasma

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-258

  Lontano, Mauririo ^a   Murusidze, Ivane G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; PLASMA THEORY; SOLITONS;

HIGH INTENSITY LASER PULSES; PULSE PROPAGATION; SELF ACTION EFFECTS; SELF FOCUSING;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0038161791     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.000248     Document Type: Article

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