PLASMA EVOLUTION IN LASER-IRRADIATED HOLLOW MICROCYLINDERS

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作者
BALMER, JE
WEBER, R
CUNNINGHAM, PF
LADRACH, P
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[1] Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern
[2] Plasma Physics Research Institute, Department of Physics, University of Natal
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10.1017/S0263034600008077
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O59 [应用物理学];
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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 swterior 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. © 1990, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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页数:11
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