PALS laser energy transfer into solid targets and its dependence on the lens focal point position with respect to the target surface

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-196

  Kasperczuk, A ^a   Pisarczyk, T ^a   Kalal, M ^b   Martinkova, M ^b   Ullschmied, J ^c   Krousky, E ^d   Masek, K ^d   Pfeifer, M ^d   Rohlena, K ^d   Skala, J ^d   Pisarczyk, P ^e  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^e WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crater creation; Electron density distribution; Focal point; Foil acceleration; Interferometric measurement; Plasma jet; Target irradiation; X ray radiation

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TARGETS;

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; FOCAL POINTS; FOCUSING LENS; LASER ENERGIES; LASER FACILITIES; LASER INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LASER PLASMA INTERACTION (LPI); LASER SPOTS; PULSE DURATION (PD); SOLID TARGETS; TARGET SURFACES; THIRD HARMONICS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 45749100463     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034608000219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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