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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431665
