Limits for light intensification by reflection from relativistic plasma mirrors

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Solodov, A A ^a,b   Malkin, V M ^a   Fisch, N J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER INTENSITIES; LIGHT INTENSIFICATION; ULTRARELATIVISTIC OSCILLATING ELECTRONS;

LASER PULSES; LIGHT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA THEORY;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 33749385895     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2348087     Document Type: Article

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