• DocumentCode
    519999
  • Title

    Surface energy transport following relativistic laser-solid interaction

  • Author

    Langhoff, H. ; Bowes, B.T. ; Hou, Bixue ; Nees, J.A. ; Sentoku, Y. ; Downer, M.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    After a ~1-micron Al target spot is excited at 3e18 W/cm2, a delayed probe detects isotropic surface heating out to 12 μm radius. Analysis shows runaway electrons and strong magnetic fields govern fs surface heating.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; holographic interferometry; surface energy; delayed probe; isotropic surface heating; relativistic laser-solid interaction; runaway electrons; strong magnetic fields; surface energy transport; Electrons; Heating; Holographic optical components; Laser excitation; Optical interferometry; Physics; Probes; Reflectivity; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499557