Shock wave far-field in ordered and disordered nonlocal media

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 27369-27375

  Gentilini, S ^a   Ghofraniha, N ^a   Delre, E ^a   Conti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISORDERED MEDIA; FAR FIELD; NONLOCAL; THRESHOLD POWER;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

SHOCK WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; LIGHT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84870593949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.027369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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