Femtosecond microscopy of radial energy transport in a micrometer-scale aluminum plasma excited at relativistic intensity

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-118

  Bowes, B T ^a   Langhoff, H ^a   Downer, M C ^a   Wilcox, M ^b   Hou, B ^b   Nees, J ^b   Mourou, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND MICROSCOPY; RADIAL ENERGY TRANSPORT; THERMAL ENERGY;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 31144472541     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.000116     Document Type: Article

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