Complete characterization of a plasma mirror for the production of high-contrast ultraintense laser pulses

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

Volumn 69, Issue 2 2, 2004, Pages

  Doumy, G ^a   Quere F ^a   Gobert, O ^a   Perdrix, M ^a   Martin, Ph ^a   Audebert, P ^b   Gauthier, J C ^b,c   Geindre, J P ^b   Wittmann, T ^b,d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LENSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTONS; PLASMAS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (CPA); HIGH CONTRAST ULTRAINTENSE LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON ABSORPTION; PLASMA MIRRORS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 42749105219     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.026402     Document Type: Article

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