Modeling the early ionization of dielectrics by ultrashort laser pulses
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Journal of Scientific Computing. 2010-05-21, vol. 44, p. 170-190
Springer Verlag
English Abstract
In this paper, we present a model for propagation of intense and ultrashort laser pulses ionizing dielectrics. We consider early ion- ization so that this process is sufficiently weak to avoid requiring a complete description ...Read more >
In this paper, we present a model for propagation of intense and ultrashort laser pulses ionizing dielectrics. We consider early ion- ization so that this process is sufficiently weak to avoid requiring a complete description of the ionization process (e.g. the use of ki- netic equations which are very expensive from a computational point of view). As the intensity of the field is small, one photon ioniza- tion is neglected. Ionization may only occur through multi-photonic and collisional ionization. The conduction band is discretized and multiple-rate equations are written for electron densities. The wave- field evolves through Maxwell equations.Read less <
English Keywords
Nonlinear optics
Modeling multiphoton ionization
Ultrashort laser pulses
Plasma Physics
Origin
Hal imported