Abstract
The different physical models, computational methods, and results describing the properties of a plasma produced by an ultrashort laser pulse interacting with a solid target at different laser intensities are presented. The basic issues affecting the laser-plasma interaction are considered, including: the different absorption mechanisms; the formation of a transient, nonequilibrium, asymmetric electron distribution function; the energy losses; the role of instabilities and the ponderomotive force; ion expansion and acceleration; and surface wave propagation along the boundary of the plasma. The article concludes with a discussion of the range of applicability of the different approximations and future perspectives for the field.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Condensed Matter Physics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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