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To investigate the ionization dynamics and electron avalanche mechanisms in dielectric materials exposed to intense ultra-short laser pulses.

January 8, 2008Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical PhysicsOpen Access

Interaction of intense ultra-short laser pulses with dielectrics

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GPG. M. PetrovUnited States Naval Research Laboratory JDJ. DavisLos Alamos National Laboratory

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Computational modeling reveals fluence-dependent ionization transitions in dielectrics under ultra-short laser pulses, indicating that collisional ionization primarily drives material damage.

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To investigate the ionization dynamics and electron avalanche mechanisms in dielectric materials exposed to intense ultra-short laser pulses.
Coupled one-dimensional Maxwell curl equations to electron continuity, momentum, and energy conservation equations.
Applied a 'forest fire' ionization approach to model optical field ionization enhancement caused by accumulated electric fields of newly created holes.
Evaluated laser pulse durations from 10 fs to 1 ps across peak laser intensities between 10^16 and 3 x 10^18 W m^-2.
Optical field ionization dominated electron production at laser fluences F < 4 kJ m^-2 (F < 0.4 J cm^-2), whereas collisional ionization dominated at F > 4 kJ m^-2 (F > 0.4 J cm^-2).
The 'forest fire' mechanism increased free electron density by two orders of magnitude during early avalanche formation at a peak intensity of 10^17 W m^-2.
Because the optical breakdown threshold for SiO2 exceeds 15 kJ m^-2 for pulses longer than 20 fs, collisional ionization serves as the primary driver of dielectric damage.

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Petrov et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9839100fc5fb4479faebaf https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/41/2/025601

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Computational modeling reveals fluence-dependent ionization transitions in dielectrics under ultra-short laser pulses, indicating that collisional ionization primarily drives material damage.

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