Plasma compression by light pressure
- 1 March 1965
- journal article
- letter
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion
- Vol. 5 (1) , 87-88
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/5/1/012
Abstract
For giant pulse lasers with light amplifier, the rise time of the pulse is 0.001 nsec, the duration is 1 nsec. The light from the laser, focused on a speck (10 μ) of solid material, by its pressure can overbalance the pressure of a high temperature and high density plasma. The initial stage of a plane system is briefly studied and, in more detail, the subsequent dynamics.Keywords
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