Seed Laser Chirping for Enhanced Backward Raman Amplification in Plasmas

Toroker, Z.; Malkin, V. M.; Fisch, N. J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.085003

Title: Seed Laser Chirping for Enhanced Backward Raman Amplification in Plasmas

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Authors:: Toroker, Z.; Malkin, V. M.; Fisch, N. J.

Publication Date:: Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103166

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Toroker, Z., Malkin, V. M., and Fisch, N. J. Seed Laser Chirping for Enhanced Backward Raman Amplification in Plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.085003.

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                    Toroker, Z., Malkin, V. M., & Fisch, N. J. Seed Laser Chirping for Enhanced Backward Raman Amplification in Plasmas.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.085003

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"Seed Laser Chirping for Enhanced Backward Raman Amplification in Plasmas".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.085003.

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  title        = {Seed Laser Chirping for Enhanced Backward Raman Amplification in Plasmas},

  author       = {Toroker, Z. and Malkin, V. M. and Fisch, N. J.},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.085003},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

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  volume       = 109,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2012},

  month        = {Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2012}

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