Pressure independence of intensity clamping during filamentation: Theory and experiment

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Bernhardt, J ^a   Liu, W ^a,b   Chin, S L ^a   Sauerbrey, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FOCUSING; IONIZATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COLLISIONAL IONIZATION; DEFOCUSING; FILAMENTATION; PRESSURE INDEPENDENCE;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 43249099736     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-008-2956-z     Document Type: Article

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