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Nature Photonics 2, 272 - 273 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.62

Laser-generated plasmas: Probing plasma dynamics

P. B. Corkum1

  1. P. B. Corkum is at the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada, both located in Ottawa, Canada.
    e-mail: Paul.Corkum@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca


Researchers in Germany have shown that an ultrafast electron beam can be used to probe the dynamics of laser-generated plasmas with picosecond resolution.

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