• DocumentCode
    3017765
  • 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
    Univ. of Texas, Austin
  • 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 time-resolved reflectivity measurements of the rear surface of an aluminum foil following femtosecond irradiation at ~5x1013 W/cm2.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; foils; high-speed optical techniques; plasma diagnostics; plasma shock waves; reflectivity; time resolved spectra; Al; aluminum foil; dense plasma; femtosecond irradiation; heat wave; optical measurements; shock wave; time-resolved reflectivity measurements; 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
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453302
  • Filename
    4453302
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3017765