Laser-induced plasma formation in water at nanosecond to femtosecond time scales: calculation of thresholds, absorption coefficients, and energy density

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1156-1167

  Noack, Joachim ^a   Vogel, Alfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH POWER LASERS; IONIZATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER SURGERY; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PLASMA DENSITY; WATER;

BREAKDOWN THRESHOLD; FEMTOSECOND TIME SCALES; HIGH POWER LASER PULSES; LASER INDUCED PLASMA FORMATION; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION GAINS; PLASMA ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; PLASMA ENERGY DENSITY; RATE EQUATION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0033171340     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.777215     Document Type: Article

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