Beam nonparaxiality, filament formation, and beam breakup in the self-focusing of optical beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 633-640

  Feit, M D ^a   Fleck, J A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84975565826     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.5.000633     Document Type: Article

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