Characterization of laser-induced air plasmas by third harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 16115-16125

  Rodríguez, Cristina ^a   Sun, Zhanliang ^a   Wang, Zhenwei ^a   Rudolph, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES;

AIR PLASMAS; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; FEMTOSECONDS; GENERAL MODEL; LASER INDUCED; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; PHASE MISMATCH; PLASMA CONDITIONS; PROBE PULSE; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; THIRD-ORDER SUSCEPTIBILITY;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 80051723102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016115     Document Type: Article

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