Modeling of electron dynamics in laser-irradiated solids: Progress achieved through a continuum approach and future prospects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6732, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bulgakova, Nadezhda M ^a   Rosenfeld, Arkadi ^b   Ehrentraut, Lutz ^b   Stoian, Razvan ^c   Hertel, Ingolf V ^b,d  

^a KUTATELADZE INSTITUTE OF THERMOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge carrier transport; Coulomb explosion; Drift diffusion approach; Electron photo and thermionic emission; Femtosecond laser irradiation; Surface charging

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOEMISSION; SURFACE CHARGE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CONTINUUM MODEL; DRIFT-DIFFUSION APPROACH; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; LASER-IRRADIATED SOLIDS;

LASERS;

EID: 36248939687     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.751885     Document Type: Conference Paper

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