DocumentCode
2792800
Title
Direct measurement of intense field ionization rates in sapphire and water during short pulse laser propagation
Author
Modoran, Georgia C. ; Schumacher, Douglass
Author_Institution
Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, 43210, USA
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We describe a pump-probe experiment that directly measures electron ionization rates via plasma-induced blue-shifting during filamentation of a short laser pulse. We compare to Keldysh and Thornber theory.
Keywords
Delay; Free electron lasers; Ionization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Plasma measurements; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431665
Filename
4431665
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