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Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Vol. 4, Issue 6, 065401 (2019)

Plasma optics in the context of high intensity lasers

H. Peng^1,2,3,*, J.-R. Marquès⁴, L. Lancia⁴, F. Amiranoff⁵..., R. L. Berger⁶, S. Weber^7,8 and C. Riconda¹|Show fewer author(s)

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¹LULI, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA, F-75252 Paris, France

²Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

³Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China

⁴LULI, CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, F-91128 Palaiseau, France

⁵LULI, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-75252 Paris, France

⁶Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA

⁷Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI-Beamlines Project, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic

⁸School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

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H. Peng, J.-R. Marquès, L. Lancia, F. Amiranoff, R. L. Berger, S. Weber, C. Riconda. Plasma optics in the context of high intensity lasers[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(6): 065401 Copy Citation Text

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H. Peng, J.-R. Marquès, L. Lancia, F. Amiranoff, R. L. Berger, S. Weber, C. Riconda. Plasma optics in the context of high intensity lasers[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(6): 065401

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