Intense femtosecond laser filamentation: physics and applications
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S. L. Chin, W. Liu, S. A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V. P. Kandidov and O. G. Kosareva Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) & Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique Université Laval, Québec, Qc. G1K 7P4, Canada. Timedomain Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, USA Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex System, Dresden, Germany International Laser Center, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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