Measurement of the ablated thickness of films in the launch of laser-driven flyer plates

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-174

  Watson, S ^a,b   Field, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER ABLATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTOEMISSION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; YTTRIUM;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); LASER-DRIVEN FLYER PLATES;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 0033640372     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/33/2/312     Document Type: Article

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