Laser Plasma Heating.
Abstract
The heating of a plasma by a laser is studied, assuming the classical inverse bremsstrahlung mechanism for transfer of energy from laser photons to electron thermal energy. Emphasis is given to CO2 laser heating of the dense plasma focus (DPF) device. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of impurities to the radiation output of the DPF. A steady-state CORONA model is discussed and used to generate a computer program, CORONA, which calculates species densities as a function of electron temperature. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0910345
Entities
People
- T. E. Mccann
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory