The Effect of Very Short Laser Pulses on a Solid Target,

Abstract

The report is a preliminary stage in the study of energy transfer phenomena between a hot wall and a high-density cold medium. Given the nonlinear character of the mechanisms considered, the authors have been obliged to make a certain number of simplifying, very restrictive hypotheses, such as the existence of a temperature plateau and the absence of motion of the heated matter. Nevertheless, the results have enabled one to define more precisely the ranges of laser flux and the density of the matter in which a heat conduction mechanism can develop during the laser pulse. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 19, 1971
Accession Number
AD0886496

Entities

People

  • Claude Fauquignon
  • Francis Floux
  • Jean-paul Babuel-peyrissac

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • High Density
  • Hypotheses
  • Laser Pulses
  • Personality

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy