Harmonic generation due to plasma effects in a gas undergoing multiphoton ionization in the high-intensity limit

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 521-526

  Brunel, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84975594404     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.7.000521     Document Type: Article

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