Irradiation of solids with subpicosecond laser pulses: Excitation and relaxation dynamics of electrons and phonons

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3343, Issue , 1998, Pages 388-399

  Rethfeld, Baerbel ^a   Kaiser, Andreas ^a   Vicanek, Martin ^a   Simon, Gerhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectrics; Femtosecond laser absorption; Gold; Metals; Polarization effect; Relaxation; SiO2; Theory

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS ABSORPTION; GOLD; IMPACT IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; IRRADIATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; LASERS; METALS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHONONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIELECTRICS; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABSORPTION; POLARIZATION EFFECT; RELAXATION; SIO2; THEORY;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 25844449686     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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