Generation of plasma intrinsic oscillation at the front surface of a target irradiated by a circularly polarized laser pulse

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaomei ^a   Shen, Baifei ^a   Jin, Zhangying ^a   Wang, Fengchao ^a   Ji, Liangliang ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; TARGETS;

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASER PULSE; ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS; FRONT SURFACES; INTENSE LASER PULSE; INTRINSIC OSCILLATIONS; INTRINSIC PROPERTIES; ION DENSITIES; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER-TARGET INTERACTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; OSCILLATION PERIODS; PARTICLE -IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PHASE SPACES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 63649132279     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3081549     Document Type: Article

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