Published August 1996
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Journal article
Electron Temperature Measurements of Solid Density Plasmas Produced by Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
Description
We report the first spatially and temporally localized measurements of 500 eV electron temperatures in solid density Al plasmas generated by a 3x1017 W/cm2, 170 fs laser. Expansion velocities of marker layers from various depths are sampled with mass-resolved ion time-of-flight spectroscopy. Hydrodynamic simulations relate the measured velocities to the sound speed, determining the temperature along the central axis of the plasma. Results are consistent with conductive heating of the first 1000 A. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1055-1058.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27079481
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; SIMULATION; SOLIDS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- FLUID MECHANICS; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA