Relativistic plasma nanophotonics for ultrahigh energy density physics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 796-800

  Purvis, Michael A ^a   Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N ^a   Hollinger, Reed ^a   Bargsten, Clayton ^a   Pukhov, Alexander ^b   Prieto, Amy ^c   Wang, Yong ^a   Luther, Bradley M ^a,c   Yin, Liang ^a   Wang, Shoujun ^a   Rocca, Jorge J ^a,c  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF IONIZATION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; ORDERED NANOWIRE ARRAYS; RELATIVISTIC INTENSITY; RELATIVISTIC PLASMAS; THERMONUCLEAR FUSION; THIN SURFACE LAYER; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; NANOWIRES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 84885006135     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.217     Document Type: Article

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