DocumentCode :
1812012
Title :
High energy density plasmas produced by femtosecond-laser driven shocks
Author :
Ng, A. ; Ao, T. ; Foord, M. ; Iglesias, C. ; Rogers, F.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of British Columbia, BC, Canada
fYear :
2001
fDate :
17-22 June 2001
Firstpage :
580
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. High energy, femtosecond lasers are becoming increasingly more accessible to researchers. This has prompted us to employ such sources for producing high energy density plasmas in the laboratory. We describe the technique of using femtosecond lasers to drive colliding shocks into a thin layer (1000 /spl Aring/) of aluminum embedded between tamper layers of beryllium. These can lead to aluminum plasmas at densities several times that of the normal solid and temperatures of several tens of eV. These allow one to reach interesting states of matter for the study of pressure ionization in an uncharted regime.
Keywords :
aluminium; high-speed optical techniques; plasma density; plasma production by laser; plasma shock waves; plasma temperature; shock wave effects; 1000 A; Al; Al plasmas; Al-Be; Be; colliding shocks; densities; femtosecond lasers; femtosecond-laser driven shocks; high energy density plasmas; high energy femtosecond lasers; normal solid; pressure ionization; states of matter; tamper layers; temperatures; thin layer; uncharted regime; Aluminum; Electric shock; Laboratories; Optical pulses; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Ultrafast electronics; X-ray lasers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7141-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2001.961421
Filename :
961421
Link To Document :
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