Vacuum heating in the interaction of ultrashort, relativistically strong laser pulses with solid targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Cai, Hong Bo ^a   Yu, Wei ^b   Zhu, Shao Ping ^a   Zheng, Chun Yang ^a   Cao, Li Hua ^a   Pei, Wen Bing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

LASER ENERGY ABSORPTION; LASER INTENSITY PARAMETERS; SOLID TARGETS; VACUUM HEATING;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33745700508     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2206548     Document Type: Article

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