Compressing and focusing a short laser pulse by a thin plasma lens

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Ren, C ^a   Duda, B J ^a   Hemker, R G ^a   Mori, W B ^a   Katsouleas, T ^b   Antonsen Jr , T M ^c   Mora, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

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EID: 18344369274     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.026411     Document Type: Article

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