Table 1 Transmission time τ obtained from the experiments and all models

From: Optical probing of ultrafast laser-induced solid-to-overdense-plasma transitions

DLC foil (nm)

τexp (ps)

τPIC (ps)

τSSI (ps)

τTSI (ps)

5

0.47 ± 0.13

0.1

∞

1.02

10

0.63 ± 0.08

0.05

∞

0.82

20

0.37 ± 0.14

0.03

∞

0.55

50

0.52 ± 0.23

0.03

∞

0.44

  1. τ is the time required for the transmission to drop from 90 % to 10 % relative transmission
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