DocumentCode
35678
Title
Magnetic Stopping of Transient Laser Plasmas
Author
McKenna, Nicholaus ; Shah, Neil ; Harilal, S.S. ; Hassanein, A.
Author_Institution
Center for Mater. under Extreme Environ., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Volume
42
Issue
10
fYear
2014
fDate
Oct. 2014
Firstpage
2596
Lastpage
2597
Abstract
We investigated the expansion features of laserproduced Al plasma in the presence of 0.8 T magnetic field. Fast-gated photography was used to record 2-D snapshots of plasma at various moments during its expansion. The slowing down and stopping of the plasmas were observed at all laser irradiance levels used (3-10 GW·cm-2), however, increasing convexity of the plasma periphery was noticed at higher irradiance levels.
Keywords
plasma diagnostics; plasma production by laser; 2D snapshots; fast-gated photography; laser-produced Al plasma; magnetic field; magnetic flux density 0.8 T; magnetic stopping; plasma periphery; transient laser plasmas; Laser theory; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic resonance imaging; Photography; Plasmas; Transient analysis; Laser-produced plasma (LPP); plasma confinement; plasma diagnostics; plasma–magnetic field interaction; plasma??magnetic field interaction;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2014.2346401
Filename
6880390
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