Optical Guiding of a radially polarized laser beam for inverse cherenkov acceleration in a plasma channel

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1155-1158

  Serafim, P ^a,d   Sprangle, Phillip ^a,c   Hafizi, Bahman ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

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EID: 33645675106     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.893303     Document Type: Article

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