Filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses propagating in tenuous plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Andreev, N E ^a   Gorbunov, L M ^b   Mora, P ^c   Ramazashvili, R R ^b  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMAS;

LASER PULSE PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR PLASMA RESPONSE;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34548408295     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2768030     Document Type: Article

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