Interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with ultrathin foils

被引:55
作者
Forsman, A
Ng, A
Chiu, G
More, RM
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
[2] Univ Calif Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1998年 / 58卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.58.R1248
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
An approach for using intense femtosecond lasers to produce an equivalent idealized slab plasma of uniform electron density and temperature is described and demonstrated through numerical simulations. With a femtosecond laser as a probe, such a plasma allows the direct measurement of ac conductivity in the strongly coupled regime. It also serves as an initial value problem for the study of hot expanded states of matter.
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页码:R1248 / R1251
页数:4
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