Onset of self-steepening of intense laser pulses in plasmas

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vieira, J ^a   Fiuza F ^a   Silva, L O ^a   Tzoufras, M ^b   Mori, W B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY CHIRP; INTENSE LASER PULSE; LASER DYNAMICS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SELF-COMPRESSION; SELF-STEEPENING; SHORT LASER PULSE; UNDERDENSE PLASMAS;

LASER PULSES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA;

EID: 77952646069     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/4/045025     Document Type: Article

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