Numerical study of gas-phase cluster synthesis under ns laser ablation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6732, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bulgakova, Nadezhda M ^a   Bulgakov, Alexander V ^a  

^a KUTATELADZE INSTITUTE OF THERMOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cluster formation; Fullerenes; Isomers; Laser ablation; Smoluchowski rate equations; Spherical model

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FULLERENES; IONIZATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VACUUM;

CLUSTER FORMATION; GAS-PHASE CLUSTER SYNTHESIS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSES; SMOLUCHOWSKI RATE EQUATIONS;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 36249027005     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.751900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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