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Plasma evolution in laser-irradiated hollow microcylinders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J. E. Balmer ,
R. Weber ,
P. F. Cunningham  and
P. Lädrach
J. E. Balmer
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
R. Weber
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
P. F. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
P. Lädrach
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Abstract

Hollow microcylinder targets, 200–300 μm in diameter, have been internally irradiated at up to 5 · 1014 W/cm2 with Nd:glass laser pulses directed through an axial entrance slit. The plasma evolution in the interior of the cavities was diagnosed with a pinhole imaging X-ray streak camera and a Nomarski-type interferometer. Plasma collision near the center of the cylinder is observed about 300 ps after the irradiating laser pulse. The experimental results are confirmed by a one-dimensional Eulerian fluid code.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 8 , Issue 1-2 , January 1990 , pp. 327 - 337
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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