Femtosecond laser filamentation for atmospheric sensing

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-53

  Xu, Huai Liang ^a   Chin, See Leang ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Filamentation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251612369     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110100032     Document Type: Review

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