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Enhancement of plasma wakefield generation and self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses by ionization gradients

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Enhancement of plasma wakefield generation and self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses by ionization gradients. / He, Z-H; Nees, J. A.; Hou, B. et al.
In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 56, No. 8, 084010, 08.2014.

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He Z-H, Nees JA, Hou B, Krushelnick K, Thomas AGR. Enhancement of plasma wakefield generation and self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses by ionization gradients. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2014 Aug;56(8):084010. Epub 2014 Jul 22. doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/56/8/084010

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He, Z-H ; Nees, J. A. ; Hou, B. et al. / Enhancement of plasma wakefield generation and self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses by ionization gradients. In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2014 ; Vol. 56, No. 8.

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