Published January 17, 2003
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Journal article
Time-resolved explosion of intense-laser-heated clusters
Creators
- 1. Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
Description
We investigate the femtosecond explosive dynamics of intense laser-heated argon clusters by measuring the cluster complex transient polarizability. The time evolution of the polarizability is characteristic of competition in the optical response between supercritical and subcritical density regions of the expanding cluster. The results are consistent with time-resolved Rayleigh scattering measurements, and bear out the predictions of a recent laser-cluster interaction model [H. M. Milchberg, S. J. McNaught, and E. Parra, Phys. Rev. E 64, 056402 (2001)]
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 90
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 023401-023401.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35043755
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARGON; ATOMIC CLUSTERS; EXPLOSIONS; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; PLASMA HEATING; POLARIZABILITY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TIME RESOLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; HEATING; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA; RARE GASES; RESOLUTION; SCATTERING; TIMING PROPERTIES
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- Notes
- (c) 2003 The American Physical Society