Short-pulse laser absorption in very steep plasma density gradients

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Cai, Hong Bo ^a   Yu, Wei ^b   Zhu, Shao Ping ^a   Zheng, Chun Yang ^a   Cao, Li Hua ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Chen, Z Y ^c   Bogerts, A ^c  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DENSITY; RESONANCE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ANALYTICAL FLUID MODEL; LASER INTENSITY; RESONANCE ABSORPTION; VACUUM HEATING;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33749333806     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354583     Document Type: Article

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