Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 9, 093201(2022)
Time-resolved measurements of electron density and plasma diameter of 1 kHz femtosecond laser filament in air
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Hengyi Zheng, Fukang Yin, Tie-Jun Wang, Yaoxiang Liu, Yingxia Wei, Bin Zhu, Kainan Zhou, Yuxin Leng, "Time-resolved measurements of electron density and plasma diameter of 1 kHz femtosecond laser filament in air," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 093201 (2022)
Category: Ultrafast Optics and Attosecond/High-field Physics
Received: Apr. 25, 2022
Accepted: May. 20, 2022
Posted: May. 23, 2022
Published Online: Jun. 16, 2022
The Author Email: Tie-Jun Wang (tiejunwang@siom.ac.cn)