EXPANSION MECHANISM IN A LASER-PRODUCED SPARK

被引:22
作者
ALCOCK, AJ
DEMICHELIS, C
HAMAL, K
TOZER, BA
机构
[1] Division of Pure Physics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
[2] Central Electricity Research Laboratories, Leatherhead
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.20.1095
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Time-resolved Schlieren studies of the expansion of a laser-produced spark during the rising portion of the initiating laser pulse have been carried out in neon, argon, nitrogen, and air. The results obtained are not compatible with the radiation-supported shock-wave model, nor can they be explained in terms of a radiation transport wave or a simple breakdown wave. A satisfactory explanation involving a traveling ionization-breakdown wave is proposed. © 1968 The American Physical Society.
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