Ultrashort filaments of light in weakly ionized, optically transparent media

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1633-1713

  Berge L ^a   Skupin, S ^a   Nuter, R ^a   Kasparian, J ^b   Wolf, J P ^c  

^a CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 34948909130     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/70/10/R03     Document Type: Article

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