Absorption and hot electron production by high intensity femtosecond uv-laser pulses in solid targets

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 4167-4177

  Teubner, U ^a   Uschmann, I ^a   Gibbon, P ^a   Altenbernd, D ^a   Forster E ^a   Feurer, T ^a   Theobald, W ^a   Sauerbrey, R ^a   Hirst, G ^b   Key, M H ^b   Lister, J ^b   Neely, D ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON EMISSION; EXCIMER LASERS; HOT CARRIERS; IONS; LASER PULSES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; HOT ELECTRONS; INCIDENT ANGLE; LASER INTENSITY; REFLECTIVITY; SOLID TARGET MATERIALS;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0030264796     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.4167     Document Type: Article

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