Self-compression of optical laser pulses by filamentation

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mysyrowicz, A ^a   Couairon, A ^b   Keller, U ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS; RESEARCH;

CARRIER-ENVELOPE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INTENSE FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; OPTICAL LASERS; PULSE SHORTENING; SELF-COMPRESSION; SINGLE-CYCLE PULSE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 46249125869     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/025023     Document Type: Article

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