Investigation of a gas breakdown process in a laser-plasma experiment

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2686-2702

  Soubacq, S ^a   Pignolet, P ^a   Schall, E ^a   Batina, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL LASERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHOCK WAVES;

LASER INDUCED PLASMAS; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; SPARK GAPS; TRANSIENT PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 5744220212     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/19/012     Document Type: Article

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