Dynamical ionization ignition of clusters in intense short laser pulses

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Bauer, D ^a   Macchi, A ^b  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GROUND STATE; INERT GASES; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON WAVE PACKET; IONIZATION IGNITION; LASER ENERGY; RARE GAS CLUSTERS; WAVE PACKET OSCILLATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0242526095     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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