Student: Kuglerová Zuzana
Supervisor: Ing. Libor Juha, CSc. (FzÚ AV ČR)
ConsultantMgr. Jaromír Chalupský, Ph.D. (FzÚ AV ČR), Doc. RNDr. Jan Wild, CSc.
Status: Assigned
Abstract:
The main goal of the thesis is to discern non-thermal from thermal processes induced by short and ultra-short pulses of laser radiation at various wavelengths in materials exhibiting very different thermal, optical, photochemical and radiation chemical properties. Numerous theoretical and experimental methods for an evaluation of particular roles of thermal and non-thermal effects will be engaged in the study of phase transitions (incl. the solid-to-plasma transition leading to a formation of warm dense matter - WDM) initiated by ionizing (extreme ultraviolet - XUV and soft x-ray - SXR radiation and x-rays) and non-ionizing (UV-Vis-IR; the adjective “non-ionizing“ should be attributed to an action of a single photon because even non-ionizing radiation may ionize matter at intensities exceeding plasma formation thresholds) laser radiation.