Observation of long life plasma generated in a cavity by CO2 lasers
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Laser and Particle Beams
- Vol. 4 (1) , 17-25
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034600001592
Abstract
Plasmas with long life times (∼20 ns) are generated in a cavity target by intense CO2 laser pulses (2 × 1014W/cm2). The plasma life depends on the configuration of irradiation and target, which may infer thermal conduction inhibition by the laser-generated magnetic field. The experimental results agree with those of computer simulations with magnetic inhibition of thermal conduction.Keywords
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