Abstract
The laser-light absorption of a thin foil is studied in the framework of the self-consistent time-dependent Hartree theory. It is found that asympotically for large numbers of electron states, a single-state Vlasov model is sufficient to describe the main features of the energy absorption to a very good approximation. Since the single-state model is numerically feasible, this allows one to calculate the energy absorption over a wide range of laser parameters. Studying the size-dependence of the absorption mechanism, quantum-mechanical modifications of the well-known classical Brunel theory can be observed for thin layers.
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