EFFECTS OF POWER DENSITY ON CHARACTERISTICS OF LASER BEAM INTERACTION WITH SOLID MATERIALS.

Abstract

The power density of a 2.8 msec pulse length laser was varied from approximately 100,000 to 10,000,000 watts per square centimeter in order to observe various laser beam solid interaction characteristics. Mass loss, penetration depth, and time integrated and some time-resolved spectroscopic results are reported for tungsten, pyrolytic graphite, aluminum and copper. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0646732

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Stumpfel
  • William F. Braerman

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Aluminum
  • Amplifiers
  • Composite Materials
  • Elements
  • Engineered Materials
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Tungsten

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy