IONIZATION TIMESCALES IN HOT DENSE-PLASMA

Authors
Citation
J. Edwards et Sj. Rose, IONIZATION TIMESCALES IN HOT DENSE-PLASMA, Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics, 26(16), 1993, pp. 523-527
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical",Optics
ISSN journal
09534075
Volume
26
Issue
16
Year of publication
1993
Pages
523 - 527
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-4075(1993)26:16<523:ITIHD>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Calculations of the time-dependent ionization in hot, dense plasmas on ultra-short time scales indicate that highly ionized plasmas may be f ormed in less than 100 fs. This has implications for the generation of highly ionized plasmas with ultra-short laser pulses. The ionization time is found to be inversely proportional to the plasma density.