Propagation of ultra-short, intense laser pulses in air

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2865-2874

  Penano J R ^a   Sprangle, P ^a   Hafizi, B ^a   Ting, A ^a   Gordon, D F ^a   Kapetanakos, C A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES (EMP); OPTICAL FILAMENT; PLASMA CURRENTS; PLASMA DEFOCUSING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; RAMAN SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 2942571447     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1648020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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