Photon kinetics for laser-plasma interactions
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Photon Kinetics for Laser–Plasma Interactions
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عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0093-3813,1939-9375
DOI: 10.1109/27.893299