Ultraintense lasers: Relativistic nonlinear optics and applications Lasers ultra-intenses : optique relativiste non-linéaire et applications

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1407-1414

  Mourou, Gérard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

High intensity; Relativistic electrons; Ti:sapphire laser; Ultrafast lasers; Ultrafast phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347117659     PISSN: 12962147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2147(01)01278-1     Document Type: Article

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