Generation of surface electrons in femtosecond laser-solid interactions

Science in China, Series G: Physics Astronomy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-340

  Xu, Miaohua ^a   Li, Yutong ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a,b   Zheng, Zhiyuan ^a   Liang, Wenxi ^a   Yu, Quanzhi ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Wang, Zhaohua ^a   Wei, Zhiyi ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser pulses; Hot electrons; Surface magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745737077     PISSN: 16721799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-006-0335-5     Document Type: Article

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