Diagnostics of laser-induced spark discharges in air and vacuum

N. Vogel1, D. Nikitine1, T. Blaudeck1
1Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

Tóm tắt

In the authors' work, they present the results of their studies of self-channeling processes generated by interaction of an intense laser pulse (10/sup 15/ W/cm/sup 2/) with metallic and double-layer targets both in gas atmosphere and in vacuum. They report about measurements of intense X-ray radiation, the evolution of the plasma density in laser-produced plasmas by means of pulsed interferometry and shadowgraphy and the evidence of fast ions generated in plasma channels, detected by means of a plastic nuclear track detector CR-39.

Từ khóa

#Sparks #Optical pulse generation #X-ray lasers #Plasma measurements #Plasma density #Gas lasers #Pulse measurements #Plasma x-ray sources #Radiation detectors #X-ray detection

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