• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 2, Issue 2, 02000e10 (2014)
Andrea Macchi*
Author Affiliations
  • National Institute of Optics, National Research Council (CNR/INO), Research Unit ‘Adriano Gozzini’, Department of Physics ‘Enrico Fermi’, University of Pisa, largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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