The extreme nonlinear optics of gases and femtosecond optical filamentationa)

Milchberg, H. M.; Chen, Y. -H.; Cheng, Y. -H.; Jhajj, N.; Palastro, J. P.; Rosenthal, E. W.; Varma, S.; Wahlstrand, J. K.; Zahedpour, S.

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Title: The extreme nonlinear optics of gases and femtosecond optical filamentationa)

Journal Article · Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896722· OSTI ID:1223054

Milchberg, H. M. ^[1]; Chen, Y. -H. ^[1]; Cheng, Y. -H. ^[1]; Jhajj, N. ^[1]; Palastro, J. P. ^[1]; Rosenthal, E. W. ^[1]; Varma, S. ^[1]; Wahlstrand, J. K. ^[1]; Zahedpour, S. ^[1]

Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

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