X-Ray Conversion Efficiency of a CO2 Laser Produced Polyethylene Plasma.

Abstract

A high power CO2 laser (50 J in a 50-ns-wide pulse) was used to produce a plasma by irradiating a plane target. The X-ray emission characteristics of this laser-produced plasma were studied to check the utility of such a plasma as an X-ray source for simulation purposes. The reflectivity of the incident 10.6-micrometer-wavelength laser radiation by the laser-produced plasma was also investigated. The experimental results were analyzed using the theory for laser-produced plasmas.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA019651

Entities

People

  • Erskine J. T. Burns
  • Leslie L. Mckee Iii
  • Richard A. Lindstrand

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Conversion
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Efficiency
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Emission
  • Laser Produced Plasmas
  • Lasers
  • Micrometers
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Radiation
  • Reflectivity
  • Simulations
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy