Reflection of few cycle laser pulses from an inhomogeneous overdense plasma

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Reflection of few cycle laser pulses from an inhomogeneous overdense plasma. / Mishra, S. K.; Andreev, A.; Kalashinikov, M. P.

In: Optics Express, Vol. 25, No. 10, 15.05.2017, p. 11637-11651.

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Mishra, S. K. ; Andreev, A. ; Kalashinikov, M. P. / Reflection of few cycle laser pulses from an inhomogeneous overdense plasma. In: Optics Express. 2017 ; Vol. 25, No. 10. pp. 11637-11651.

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