Snapshots of laser wakefields

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 749-753

  Matlis, N H ^a   Reed, S ^b   Bulanov, S S ^b   Chvykov, V ^b   Kalintchenko, G ^b   Matsuoka, T ^b   Rousseau, P ^b   Yanovsky, V ^b   Maksimchuk, A ^b   Kalmykov, S ^a   Shvets, G ^a   Downer, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

COMPACT RADIATION SOURCES; FEMTOSECOND X-RAY PULSE; LANGMUIR WAVES; LASER WAKE FIELD; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; PLASMA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE VARIATION; WAVE-FRONT CURVATURE;

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33750605937     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys442     Document Type: Article

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