The Study of Plasma Formed by Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Abstract

Processes occurring during high-temperature heating of plasmas have been studied experimentally by focusing laser emission of ultrashort duration on the surface of lithium deuteride. Experiments included the shadow photography of plasma with illumination by ultrashort pulses and the photo-registration of the dispersion of plasma with the aid of an image inverter, as well as the time dependence of laser pulse reflection and the measurement of the electron temperature of plasma with respect to its X-ray radiation. The basic processes which accompany the heating of plasma by ultrashort pulses are examined theoretically within the framework of approximations based upon the results of experiments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 11, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736483

Entities

People

  • N. G. Basov
  • O. N. Kroklin
  • P. G. Kryukov
  • S. D. Zakharov
  • Yu. V. Sensatskii

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Transfer
  • Image Converters
  • Laser Pulses
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Measurement
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optics
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics