On the control of filamentation of intense laser beams propagating in underdense plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Williams, E A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOHLRAUMS; LASER ENTRANCE HOLES (LEH); PHASE PLATES; SMOOTHING BY SPECTRAL DISPERSION (SSD);

BACKSCATTERING; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMAS; POLARIZATION; X RAYS;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33744820328     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2179051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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