Heating of the solid targets by ultrashort intense laser pulses

The heating of the solid targets by ultrashort intense laser pulses is investigated using both analytical and numerical methods. The regularity of skin-effect regimes changing in accordance with pulse and plasma parameters is analyzed. The laser energy absorption and energy deposition in the different skin-effect regions is studied. The self similar solution describing heating of a plasma in the 'sheath inverse bremsstruhlang' skin-effect region is obtained and discussed.