Focal dynamics of multiple filaments: Microscopic imaging and reconstruction

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kiran, P Prem ^a,b   Bagchi, Suman ^a   Krishnan, Siva Rama ^c   Arnold, C L ^d   Kumar, G Ravindra ^a   Couairon, A ^e  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^c SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING   (India)

^d LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^e CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; EXTERNAL FOCUSING; INTENSITY SATURATION; LASER ENERGY DEPOSITION; MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; MULTIPLE FILAMENT; PLASMA GENERATION; PROPAGATION REGIMES;

FOCUSING;

EID: 77954855610     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013805     Document Type: Article

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