Impulse loading of targets by subnanosecond laser pulses
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 22 (5) , 211-213
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654613
Abstract
Measurements of the impulse received by graphite and aluminum targets exposed to a 250‐psec laser pulse are reported. Experiments were conducted in air and vacuum at incident energies between 0 and 20 J. In both environments, there is a definite energy threshold, which is lower in air than in vacuum, below which no momentum is transferred. For a given energy above threshold, the impulse generated in air is greater than in vacuum.Keywords
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