Molecular gas breakdown by short laser pulses
- 14 December 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 14 (12) , 2209-2214
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/14/12/009
Abstract
Considers the simultaneous effect of the processes of multiphoton and cascade ionisation in producing ionisation and breakdown molecular gases under the influence of three different short-flash lasers of wavelengths 0.6943 mu m, 1.06 mu m and 0.53 mu m with pulse durations 18 ps, 7 ps and 25 ps respectively. The gas was studied over a pressure range of 1-105 Torr. The results of this work can be used to interpret experiments on breakdown of molecular gases by short duration laser pulses of ruby and Nd3+ lasers.Keywords
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