Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 44, Issue 7, 708001(2017)

Dynamic Evolution of Air Plasma Induced by Tightly-Focused Femtosecond Laser Pulse

Yu Yang*, Xu Kuanhong, Zhang Tianpeng, Li Shuheng, Zhang Nan, and Zhu Xiaonong
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    Yu Yang, Xu Kuanhong, Zhang Tianpeng, Li Shuheng, Zhang Nan, Zhu Xiaonong. Dynamic Evolution of Air Plasma Induced by Tightly-Focused Femtosecond Laser Pulse[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2017, 44(7): 708001

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    Category: nonlinear optics

    Received: Jan. 19, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 5, 2017

    The Author Email: Yu Yang (yybeata@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201744.0708001

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