Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 15, 1519001(2020)
Nonlinear Propagation of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses in a Foggy and Cloudy Environment
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Qingwei Zeng, Lei Liu, Shuai Hu, Kejin Zhang, Kai Ai, Ming Chen. Nonlinear Propagation of Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses in a Foggy and Cloudy Environment[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(15): 1519001
Category: Nonlinear Optics
Received: Feb. 1, 2020
Accepted: Apr. 29, 2020
Published Online: Aug. 5, 2020
The Author Email: Liu Lei (liuleidll@gmail.com)