Influence of the pedestal on the interaction of a high-intensity, ultrashort laser pulse with a gas target

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2603-2608

  D'Oliveira, Pascal ^a   Dobosz, Sandrine ^a   Hulin, Sébastien ^a   Monot, Pascal ^a   Réau, Fabrice ^a   Auguste, Thierry ^a  

^a Centre d Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETERS; JETS; LASER BEAMS;

GAS TARGETS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0141788048     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002603     Document Type: Article

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