High–intensity lasers: interactions with atoms, molecules and clusters
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- 15 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Vol. 356 (1736) , 297-315
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1998.0166
Abstract
The development of high–intensity short–pulse lasers by chirped pulse amplification is described and the use of short intense pulses for the study of atoms and molecules is discussed. As a case study, the dynamics of the ionization and dissociation of clusters of noble gas atoms is reviewed with special emphasis on the generation of energetic electrons and highly charged ions.Keywords
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