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1 Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion Ultrafast Imaging of Molecules |
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1 | (20) |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 Experimental Procedures |
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4 | (3) |
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1.3 Lifetimes of Dissociating States of N22+ |
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7 | (2) |
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1.4 Double Ionization of H2 at 10 and 40 fs |
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9 | (4) |
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1.5 Coulomb Explosion of N2 at 10 and 40 fs |
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13 | (3) |
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16 | (5) |
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18 | (3) |
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2 Quantum Switching of Magnetic Fields by Circularly Polarized Re-Optimized π Laser Pulses: From One-Electron Atomic Ions to Molecules |
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21 | (24) |
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22 | (3) |
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2.2 Survey on Quantum Switching-on the Ring Currents and Magentic Fields |
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25 | (11) |
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2.3 Quantum Switching the Directions of Ring Currents and Magnetic Fields |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (8) |
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41 | (4) |
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3 Alignment and Orientation of Hexapole State-Selected Molecules |
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45 | (30) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (2) |
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3.3 Hexapole State Selection |
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50 | (3) |
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3.4 Interactions with an Intense Laser Field |
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53 | (2) |
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3.5 Numerical Example in Several Polar Molecules |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (2) |
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3.7 Sign of the NO Dipole Moment |
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61 | (1) |
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3.8 Impulsive Alignment and Orientation |
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62 | (9) |
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3.8.1 Laser Field-Free Alignment |
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62 | (3) |
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3.8.2 Laser Field-Free Orientation |
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65 | (4) |
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3.8.3 Orientation and Alignment with Shaped Intense Laser Pulse |
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69 | (2) |
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3.9 Conclusions and Remarks |
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71 | (4) |
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72 | (3) |
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4 Quantum Interference in Ionization of Excited Molecules: X-Ray Emission Control and Dynamic Imaging |
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75 | (14) |
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75 | (1) |
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4.2 Attosecond Pulse Production from Electronically Excited Atoms and Moleculers |
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76 | (5) |
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4.2.1 Roles of Different Types of Transitions in HHG |
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77 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Highly Efficient HHG from Excited Atoms and Molecules Using Continuum-Continuum Transitions |
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78 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Single Attosecond Pulse Production: Bremsstrahlung vs. Recombination Radiation |
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78 | (3) |
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4.3 Quantum Interference in Ionization of Stretched Molecules: Application to the X-Ray Emission Control |
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81 | (6) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (3) |
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4.4 Quantum Interference in Ionization of Stretched Molecules: Application to the Molecular Dynamic Imaging |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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87 | (2) |
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5 Single Isolated Attosecond Pulses Generation with Double Optical Gating |
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89 | (24) |
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89 | (1) |
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5.2 Principle of Double Optical Gating |
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90 | (6) |
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91 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Polarization Gating |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (2) |
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5.3 Carrier-Envelope Phase Stabilization of Oscillator, Amplifier and Hollow-Core Fiber Beams |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (2) |
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99 | (1) |
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5.4.2 XUV Grating Spectrometer |
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99 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Attosecond Streak Camera |
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100 | (1) |
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5.5 Results and Discussion |
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100 | (6) |
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5.5.1 Study of Single Attosecond Pulse Generation with XUV Grating Spectrometer |
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101 | (2) |
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5.5.2 Measurement with CRAB |
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103 | (3) |
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5.6 Complete Reconstruction of Attosecond Bursts |
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106 | (1) |
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5.7 Experimenting with Single Attosecond Pulses |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (4) |
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110 | (3) |
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6 Toward the Generation of Isolated Attosecond Pulses in the Water Window |
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113 | (16) |
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113 | (1) |
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6.2 Generation of Isolated Attosecond Pulses in the Water Window |
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114 | (7) |
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6.3 Generation of Tunable NIR Laser Pulses with Stabilized CEP |
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121 | (5) |
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126 | (3) |
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126 | (3) |
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7 High Harmonic Generation by Plasmonic Enhancement of Femtosecond Pulse Laser |
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129 | (16) |
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129 | (2) |
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7.2 Geometrical Design of Bow-Tie Nanostructure |
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131 | (5) |
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7.3 Fabrication of Bow-Tie Nanostructure |
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136 | (2) |
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7.4 Experiments of High Harmonic Generation |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (3) |
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144 | (1) |
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8 High-Order Harmonic Generation from Nanostructured Material Using the Laser-Plasma Method |
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145 | (16) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (12) |
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8.3.1 Silver Nanoparticles |
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147 | (4) |
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8.3.2 Other Nanoparticles |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (6) |
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159 | (2) |
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159 | (2) |
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9 Filamentation in Ultrafast Laser Material Processing |
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161 | (22) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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9.2.1 Filamentation and Supercontinuum Generation |
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162 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Control of Multiple Filaments |
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162 | (1) |
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9.3 Filamentation and Bulk Modifications |
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163 | (6) |
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9.3.1 Filamentation and Bulk Modifications |
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163 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Femtosecond Filamentary Track |
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164 | (5) |
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9.4 Photonic Device Fabrication Using Filamentation |
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169 | (5) |
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9.4.1 Fabrication of Waveguide Device |
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169 | (3) |
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9.4.2 Fabrication of Diffractive Optical Element |
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172 | (2) |
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9.4.3 Fabrication of Diffractive Optical Elements in Polymer Materials |
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174 | (1) |
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9.5 Microwelding Using Filamentation |
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174 | (5) |
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9.5.1 Femtosecond Laser Welding of Transparent Materials |
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174 | (5) |
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179 | (4) |
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179 | (4) |
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10 Plasma Electron Kinetics and Distribution Functions in Laser Fields |
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183 | (28) |
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183 | (2) |
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10.2 Theoretical Framework |
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185 | (2) |
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10.3 Distribution Function in a Weak Field |
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187 | (7) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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10.3.3 Case of Arbitrary α |
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192 | (2) |
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10.4 Distribution Function in a Strong Field |
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194 | (3) |
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10.4.1 Analytical Investigations |
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194 | (2) |
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10.4.2 Numerical Investigations |
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196 | (1) |
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10.5 Main Results of Numerical Investigations |
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197 | (9) |
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10.5.1 Characteristic Parameters and Their Behaviour in the Course of Laser-Plasma Interaction |
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197 | (2) |
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10.5.2 Results of Selected Calculations. EDF Shape Evolution and Role of e-e Collisions |
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199 | (4) |
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10.5.3 "Angular" Electron Distribution Function |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (5) |
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208 | (3) |
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11 Ion Acceleration by Ultra-Intense Lasers: Analysis of Contrast Effects |
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211 | (22) |
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11.1 Laser Proton Acceleration |
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212 | (1) |
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11.2 Laser Interaction with the Solid: Creation of a Preplasma |
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213 | (2) |
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11.3 Effects Induced on the Front Surface |
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215 | (3) |
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11.4 Effects Induced on the Back Surface |
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218 | (2) |
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11.5 Laser-Produced Shocks and Proton Generation |
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220 | (2) |
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11.6 Detailed Hydrodynamics Simulations |
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222 | (2) |
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11.7 Two-Dimensional Effects and Proton Beam Deviation |
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224 | (2) |
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11.8 Experimental Results |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (5) |
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229 | (4) |
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