Theory of Skin Depth Interaction of Lasers with Plasmas

Abstract

The measured anomalous low maximum energy of ions emitted by TW-ps laser pulses in contrast to ns pulses led to the skin layer interaction model. Consequences are the nonlinear (ponderomotive) force acceleration of plasma blocks against the laser and into the target for a possible alternative laser-fusion scheme.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 2003
Accession Number
ADP015040

Entities

People

  • Heinrich Hora
  • J. Badziak
  • K. Jungwirth
  • S. Jablonski
  • Y. Cang

Organizations

  • University of New South Wales

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contrast
  • Current Density
  • Czech Republic
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electron Beams
  • Flux Density
  • High Density
  • Ion Beams
  • Ion Sources
  • Ionized Gases
  • Ions
  • Laser Pulses
  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Thermonuclear Reactions
  • X Ray Spectra
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy