Role of ambient gas in heating of metal samples by femtosecond pulses of laser radiation

Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Zhukov, V P ^a   Bulgakova, N M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Russian Federation)

^b KUTATELADZE INSTITUTE OF THERMOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ambient gas; Femtosecond laser pulses; Metal target; Multiphoton ionization; Residual heat

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449098057     PISSN: 08698643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0869864309020012     Document Type: Article

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