Electron gas compression and Coulomb explosion in the surface layer of a conductor heated by femtosecond laser pulse

Authors
Kudryashov, SI Emel'yanov, VI
Citation
Si. Kudryashov et Vi. Emel'Yanov, Electron gas compression and Coulomb explosion in the surface layer of a conductor heated by femtosecond laser pulse, JETP LETTER, 73(12), 2001, pp. 666-670
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP LETTERS
ISSN journal
00213640 → ACNP
Volume
73
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
666 - 670
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(2001)73:12<666:EGCACE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The hypothesis is put forward on the basis of experimental data that strong inhomogeneous heating of the skin layer of conducting materials by a femto second pulse gives rise to a double electrical layer that is formed of a "s urface" layer of positive ions and a thin (about 1 nm) "subsurface" layer o f a superdense (10(23)-10(25) cm(-3)) degenerate electron gas. The double l ayer breaks within one picosecond through the Coulomb explosion. (C) 2001 M AIK "Nauka/ Interperiodica".