Nonequilibrium heating of an electron gas by laser radiation

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6191594

Zinov'ev, A V; Lugovskoi, V B

The heating of an electron gas by an intense laser beam is analyzed by kinetic theory. The asymptotic expression for the electron energy distribution in the simplest case yields a qualitative explanation of the basic features of observed ''hot'' electron spectra )W. L. Knecht, Appl. Phys. Lett. 6, 99 (1965); U. A. Arifov, V. B. Lugovskoi, and V. A. Makarenko, Abstracts of Reports, Sixteenth All-Union Conference on Emission Electronics (in Russian), Vol. III, Makhachkala (1976), p. 91; U. A. Arifov, V. V. Kazanskii, V. B. Lugovskoi, and V. A. Makarenko, Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 46, 417 (1976) (Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 21, (1976) ).

• Research Organization: Institute of Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent
• OSTI ID: 6191594
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 23:8; ISSN SPTPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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