Laser light and hot electron micro focusing using a conical target

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3083-3087

  Sentoku, Y ^a   Mima, K ^b   Ruhl, H ^a   Toyama, Y ^b   Kodama, R ^b   Cowan, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRPED AMPLIFICATION (CPA) TECHNOLOGY; LASER ENERGY; LASER LIGHT; SURFACE ELECTRON FLOW;

AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOT CARRIERS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMAS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASERS;

EID: 3042592024     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1735734     Document Type: Article

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