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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 035401(2020)

Self-focusing of UV radiation in 1 mm scale plasma in a deep ablative crater produced by 100 ns, 1 GW KrF laser pulse in the context of ICF

V. D. Zvorykin1、a), I. G. Lebo2, A. V. Shutov1, and N. N. Ustinovskii1
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  • 1Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS, 53 Leninskiy Pr., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
  • 2MIREA—Russian Technological University, Institute of Cybernetics, 78 Vernadskogo Pr., Moscow 119454, Russian Federation
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    Category: Inertial Confinement Fusion Physics

    Received: Dec. 13, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 20, 2020

    Published Online: Nov. 25, 2020

    The Author Email: Zvorykin V. D. (zvorykin@sci.lebedev.ru)

    DOI:10.1063/1.5142361

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