Temporal evolution of pump beam self-focusing at the high-frequency active auroral research program

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Kosch, M J ^a,b   Pedersen, T ^a   Mishin, E ^c   Starks, M ^a   Gerken Kendall, E ^d   Sentman, D ^e   Oyama, S ^e,f   Watkins, B ^e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 35348987102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012264     Document Type: Article

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