Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 72, Number 3, November 2005
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Page(s) | 376 - 382 | |
Section | Atomic and molecular physics | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10255-3 | |
Published online | 30 September 2005 |
Absorption of few-cycle laser pulses by outer ionization of atomic clusters
Institute of Theoretical Physics A, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule D-52056 Aachen, Germany
Received:
18
March
2005
Accepted:
13
September
2005
Laser light absorption is studied by particle simulations for large atomic clusters interacting with intense few-cycle pulses. A significant part of absorbed energy can be attributed to the potential energy required for outer ionization. A simple shell model accounts for the ionization degree and the ionization potential. High absorption fractions are obtained for clustered gases under common experimental conditions.
PACS: 36.40.Gk – Plasma and collective effects in clusters / 52.38.Dx – Laser light absorption in plasmas (collisional, parametric, etc.) / 52.65.-y – Plasma simulation
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