Optical Properties of Laser-Plasma Interactions.

Abstract

A two-dimensional code has been written to study the optical interactions of laser beams with preformed plasmas. Specifically, simulations of CO2 and ruby lasers beams incident upon the plasmas of exploding wires have been accomplished for different beam configurations to find the optimum configuration for plasma heating.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
ADA001805

Entities

People

  • Robert M. Wyatt

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Exploding Wires
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Optical Properties
  • Physical Properties
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Simulations
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy