• DocumentCode
    2783399
  • Title

    Optical measurements of heat and shock waves propagating in a dense plasma

  • Author

    Churina, I.V. ; Symes, D.R. ; Bernstein, A.C. ; Cho, B. ; Ditmire, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Center for High Intensity Science, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, 78712, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The dynamics of heat and shock waves in a dense plasma were studied using timeresolved reflectivity measurements of the rear surface of an aluminum foil following femtosecond irradiation at ~5×1013 W/cm2.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Reflectivity; Shock waves; Surface waves; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431079
  • Filename
    4431079
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2783399