From random to controlled small-scale filamentation in water

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4768-4774

  Schroeder, H ^a   Liu, J ^a,c   Chin, S L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; LIQUIDS; PHOTONS; SOLITONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BEAM PATH; FILAMENTS; INHERENT BEAM IRREGULARITIES; SMALL-SCALE FILAMENTATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 9144265854     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004768     Document Type: Article

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