DocumentCode
2261338
Title
Optical topography system for laser ablation plume measurements
Author
Valenzuela, Anthony ; Rodriguez, George ; Clarke, Steven
Author_Institution
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We image the nanoscale plasma plume of laser-ablated titanium metal by using a Shack-Hartmann based optical topographic system. We show this diagnostic produces data with ultrafast temporal resolution that is concurrent with simulations.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser ablation; titanium; wavefront sensors; Shack-Hartmann system; Ti; laser ablation plume measurements; nanoscale plasma plume; optical topography; titanium metal; ultrafast temporal resolution; Laser ablation; Surfaces; (120.4570) Optical design of instruments; (240.6648) Surface dynamics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4572560
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