PLASMA TEMPERATURE IN OPTICAL-FIELD IONIZATION OF GASES BY INTENSE ULTRASHORT PULSES OF ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION

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BLYTH, WJ
PRESTON, SG
OFFENBERGER, AA
KEY, MH
WARK, JS
NAJMUDIN, Z
MODENA, A
DJAOUI, A
DANGOR, AE
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[1] UNIV ALBERTA,DEPT ELECT ENGN,EDMONTON,AB T6G 2G7,CANADA
[2] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[3] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,BLACKETT LAB,LONDON SW7 2AZ,ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.554
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O4 [物理学];
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Plasma electron temperatures from 3 eV to >1 keV have been measured or inferred in 1018 W cm-2 optical field ionization of helium and neon at electron densities ranging from 1017 to 1021 cm-3 by laser pulses of 350 fs duration and 248 nm wavelength. Increase of temperature with gas density is dominated at high densities by a combination of nonlinear inverse bremsstrahlung and stimulated Raman scattering heating which are identified as factors limiting progress to shorter extreme ultraviolet laser wavelength in recombination of optical field ionized plasmas. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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