Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 24, 2408001(2022)
Diffraction Analysis of Femtosecond Laser Filaments
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Hengyi Zheng, Fukang Yin, Tiejun Wang, Yaoxiang Liu, Yingxia Wei, Bin Zhu, Kainan Zhou, Yuxin Leng. Diffraction Analysis of Femtosecond Laser Filaments[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(24): 2408001
Category: nonlinear optics
Received: Apr. 10, 2022
Accepted: Jun. 27, 2022
Published Online: Nov. 15, 2022
The Author Email: Wang Tiejun (tiejunwang@siom.ac.cn)