Ultrashort laser pulses and electromagnetic pulse generation in air and on dielectric surfaces

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6 2, 2004, Pages

  Sprangle, P ^a   Penano J R ^a   Hafizi, B ^a,b   Kapetanakaos, C A ^a,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c LET Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUXES; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA DENSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

DIELECTRIC SURFACES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES (EMPS); ELECTRON COLLISION TIME; PLASMA FILAMENTS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 37649028122     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.066415     Document Type: Article

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