Simulation of optical breakdown in nitrogen by focused short laser pulses of 1064nm wavelength

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-573

  Tartar, G ^a   Ranner, H ^a   Winter, F ^a   Wintner, E ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron cascade growth; Laser optical breakdown; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; GAS ABSORPTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; BREAKDOWN THRESHOLDS; COLLISION CROSS SECTIONS; CONSTANT VALUES; DYNAMIC PROCESSES; ELECTRON CASCADE GROWTH; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; FOCAL SPOT SIZES; INITIAL PRESSURES; INPUT DATUMS; INTENSE LASER PULSES; KINETIC MODELS; LASER PARAMETERS; LASER SPARKS; LASER WAVELENGTHS; MODEL ABSTRACTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCES; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; SHORT LASER PULSES; SHORT TIMES; TO CURVES; VISUAL C;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 57649219150     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034608000608     Document Type: Article

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