Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 2, Issue 4, 190(2017)

Stimulated Raman scattering excited by incoherent light in plasma

Yao Zhao1...2, Suming Weng1,2, Min Chen1,2, Jun Zheng1,2, Hongbin Zhuo3,4, and Zhengming Sheng1,24,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 4SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Article

    Received: Mar. 3, 2017

    Accepted: May. 15, 2017

    Published Online: Jan. 17, 2018

    The Author Email: Sheng Zhengming (zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1016/j.mre.2017.06.001

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