Title :
Radiation pressure effects of focused picosecond light pulses
Author :
Vali, W. ; Allen, Eric ; Stringer, Jonathan ; Gilmore, Tom
Author_Institution :
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Picosecond pulses focused on an aluminum foil in a vacuum produced high-velocity negatively charged clouds that were detected on a grid. This is interpreted as an electron cloud recoiling from the radiation pressure.
Keywords :
Cathodes; Gas lasers; Heating; Indium; Laser theory; Microscopy; Optical pulses; Pressure effects; Pulse transformers; Surface emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1970.1076323
