Intense local plasma heating by stopping of ultrashort ultraintense laser pulse in dense plasma

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 631-638

  Yu, W ^a   Yu, M Y ^b,c   Xu, H ^a   Tian, Y W ^a   Chen, J ^d   Wong, A Y ^d  

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

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical density plasma; Energetic ions; Energy absorption; Ultrashort ultraintense laser

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DENSITY PLASMA; ENERGETIC IONS; ULTRASHORT ULTRAINTENSE LASER;

ENERGY ABSORPTION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; SHOCK WAVES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PLASMA HEATING;

EID: 37249017437     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000742     Document Type: Article

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