Guiding radar signals by arrays of laser-induced filaments: Finite-difference analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5593-5597

  Musin, Roman R ^a   Shneider, Mikhail N ^b   Zheltikov, Aleksei M ^a   Miles, Richard B ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IONIZATION OF GASES; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC AIR; LASER-INDUCED FILAMENTS; PLASMA ABSORPTION; RADAR SIGNALS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 35948936377     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005593     Document Type: Article

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