QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF FAST IONS FROM CO2 LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS

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JOSHI, C
RICHARDSON, MC
ENRIGHT, GD
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[1] National Research Council of Canada, Division of Physics, Ottawa
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10.1063/1.90640
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The asymptotic behavior of the fast-ion energy spectra has been studied by using a Thomson parabola ion spectrometer to analyze ionic species produced by a 10.6-μm laser-produced polyethylene plasma. The use of cellulose nitrate film detectors has yielded for the first time quantitative information about the charge state and energy distribution of these high-energy ions as a function of laser energy and beam polarization.
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