In-line holographic imaging and electron density extraction of ultrafast ionized air filaments

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1988-1997

  Rodriguez, George ^a   Valenzuela, Anthony R ^a   Yellampalle, Balakishore ^a,b   Sehmitt, Mark J ^a   Kim, Ki Yong ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CCD CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; EXTRACTION; HOLOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER); TIME DELAY; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PUMP PROBE METHOD; HELMHOLTZ WAVE EQUATION; HOLOGRAPHIC DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING; HOLOGRAPHIC METHOD; OPTICAL TIME DELAY; POPULATION KINETICS; PROPAGATION MODELING;

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 59949094910     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001988     Document Type: Article

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