Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas with ultra-short laser pulses
- 11 November 1980
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 298 (1439) , 407-414
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1980.0263
Abstract
In laser fusion experiments the interesting phenomena occur on a picosecond timescale. Short-pulse lasers in combination with high resolution optics offer a powerful diagnostic tool. After a short description of the principles and experimental techniques I discuss three specific areas of the laser-plasma interaction problem, namely heat transport in the corona of a laser heated pellet, density profile steepening by light pressure and the generation of magnetic fields.Keywords
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