Large impulse launch using 300-J CO2 TEA laser

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 766, Issue , 2005, Pages 385-393

  Mori, Koichi ^a   Watanabe, Keiko ^a   Sasoh, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33747330280     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1925159     Document Type: Article

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