Modeling the early ionization of dielectrics by ultrashort laser pulses

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-190

  Bourgeade, Antoine ^a   Mézel, Candice ^b   Saut, Olivier ^c  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Modeling multiphoton ionization; Nonlinear optics; Plasma physics; Ultrashort laser pulses

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL IONIZATION; ELECTRON DENSITIES; IONIZATION PROCESS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; PHOTON IONIZATION; PLASMA PHYSICS; RATE EQUATIONS; ULTRA-SHORT LASER PULSE;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSE GENERATORS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

EID: 78650303200     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-010-9375-0     Document Type: Article

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