Picosecond optical probing of ultrafast energy transport in short pulse laser solid target interaction experiments

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3714-3721

  Gumbrell, E T ^a   Smith, R A ^a   Ditmire, T ^a,d   Djaoui, A ^b   Rose, S J ^b,c   Hutchinson, M H R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONIZATION; KINEMATICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PLASMA SIMULATION; PROBES; SILICA;

ENERGY TRANSPORT; LASER HEATING; PICOSECOND OPTICAL PROBING; SUPERSONIC IONIZATION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0032185897     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872981     Document Type: Article

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