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
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;
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
