Prepulse and amplified spontaneous emission effects on the interaction of a petawatt class laser with thin solid targets

@article{Esirkepov2013PrepulseAA,
  title={Prepulse and amplified spontaneous emission effects on the interaction of a petawatt class laser with thin solid targets},
  author={Timur Zh. Esirkepov and James K. Koga and Atsushi Sunahara and Toshimasa Morita and Masaharu Nishikino and Keitaro Kageyama and H. Nagatomo and Katsunobu Nishihara and Akito Sagisaka and Hideyuki Kotaki and Tatsufumi Nakamura and Yuji Fukuda and Hajime Okada and Alexander S. Pirozhkov and Akifumi Yogo and Mamiko Nishiuchi and Hiromitsu Kiriyama and Kiminori Kondo and Masaki Kando and S. V. Bulanov},
  journal={Nuclear Instruments \& Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment},
  year={2013},
  volume={745},
  pages={150-163}
}
  • T. EsirkepovJ. Koga S. V. Bulanov
  • Published 2 October 2013
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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