Experimental study of the ion emission from a 0.53-μm laser-produced plasma

Abstract
Ion velocity distributions generated in a 0.53‐μm laser‐produced plasma are studied with a Thomson parabola diagnostic at 5×1013 W/cm2. Ions are observed in a narrow energy range. However, for velocities >4×105 m/s the distribution dN/dV decreases exponentially and the temperatures deduced from these distributions are in good agreement with those given by x‐ray emission.