Title :
Asymmetric explosion of laser-irradiated hydrogen clusters
Author :
Chen, Yu-hsin ; Varma, Sanjay ; Kumarappan, Vinod ; Milchberg, Howard M.
Author_Institution :
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, USA
Abstract :
Under conditions of small hydrogen cluster size, where we expected angular-dependent time-of-flight (TOF) proton spectra consistent with isotropic coulomb explosions, we instead found strong explosion asymmetry with fast protons emitted preferentially in the direction of the laser polarization.
Keywords :
Argon; Atomic beams; Electrons; Explosions; Gas lasers; Hydrodynamics; Hydrogen; Optical pulses; Polarization; Protons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431078
