Warm photoionized plasmas created by soft-x-ray laser irradiation of solid targets

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Berrill, Mark ^a   Brizuela, Fernando ^a   Langdon, Benjamin ^a   Bravo, Herman ^a   Menoni, Carmen S ^a   Rocca, Jorge J ^a,b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOIONIZATION;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; OPTICAL LASERS; PHOTOIONIZED PLASMAS; PLASMA PROPERTIES; SINGLE PHOTONS; SOFT X-RAY LASER; TARGET MATERIALS;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 51849095997     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000B32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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