Spatial and temporal dynamics of collapsing ultrashort laser pulses

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2009, Pages 399-411

  Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 58049160731     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34727-1_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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