Avalanche ionization and dielectric breakdown in silicon with ultrafast laser pulses

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2387-2390

  Pronko, P ^a   VanRompay, P ^a   Horvath, C ^a   Loesel, F ^a   Juhasz, T ^a   Liu, X ^a   Mourou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0001694001     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.2387     Document Type: Article

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