A virtual antenna produced in air by intense femtosecond laser pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5989, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mechain G ^a   Mysyrowicz, A ^a   Depiesse, M ^b   Pellet, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b Ministere de la Defense de Francaise   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna; Electromagnetic pulse; Femtosecond laser; Non linear propagation; Plasma

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33644539495     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.631202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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