Xenon clusters in intense VUV laser fields.
A simple model is developed that quantitatively describes intense interactions of a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) laser pulse with a xenon cluster. We find good agreement with a recent experiment [Nature (London) 420, 482 (2002)]]. In particular, the large number of VUV photons absorbed per atom, at intensities significantly below 10(16) W/cm(2), is now understood.
Santra
Robin
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Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA.
Greene
Chris H
CH