From self-focusing light beams to femtosecond laser pulse filamentation

Physics-Uspekhi

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-140

  Chekalin, S V ^a   Kandidov, V P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

CONDENSED MEDIA; CURRENT STATUS; FILAMENTATION; HIGH LIGHTS; HIGH-POWER FEMTOSECOND LASER; LASER PHYSICS; SELF-ACTION OF LIGHTS; SELF-FOCUSING;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84878249092     PISSN: 10637869     EISSN: 14684780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0183.201302b.0133     Document Type: Review

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