Unified model for the free-electron avalanche in laser-irradiated dielectrics

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Rethfeld, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; IMPACT IONIZATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; PHOTOIONIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION KINETICS;

FREE-ELECTRON AVALANCHE; LASER-IRRADIATED DIELECTRICS; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MULTIPLE RATE EQUATIONS (MRE);

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 2942679439     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.187401     Document Type: Article

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