Nonresonant ionization of oxygen molecules by femtosecond pulses: Plasma dynamics studied by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Mics, Zoltan ^a   Kadlec, Filip ^a   Kužel, Petr ^a   Jungwirth, Pavel ^b   Bradforth, Stephen E ^c   Apkarian, V Ara ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION MECHANISM; NONRESONANT IONIZATION; OXYGEN MOLECULES; PLASMA FORMATION;

IONIZATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 25144448132     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2032987     Document Type: Article

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