Convective amplification of stimulated Raman rescattering in a picosecond laser plasma interaction regime

Yu Ji; Chang-Wang Lian; Rui Yan; Chuang Ren; Dong Yang; Zhen-Hua Wan; Bin Zhao; Chen Wang; Zhi-Heng Fang; Jian Zheng

doi:10.1063/5.0026379

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