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Ultrashort powerful laser matter interaction: Physical problems, models, and computations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

E.G. Gamaly
E.G. Gamaly
Affiliation:
Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Abstract

The different physical models, computational methods, and results describing the properties of a plasma produced by an ultrashort laser pulse interacting with a solid target at different laser intensities are presented. The basic issues affecting the laser-plasma interaction are considered, including: the different absorption mechanisms; the formation of a transient, nonequilibrium, asymmetric electron distribution function; the energy losses; the role of instabilities and the ponderomotive force; ion expansion and acceleration; and surface wave propagation along the boundary of the plasma. The article concludes with a discussion of the range of applicability of the different approximations and future perspectives for the field.

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 185 - 208
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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