Laser-target retropulse isolation using an aperture in vacuum
- 15 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 31 (8) , 511-512
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89749
Abstract
The plasma created near an aperture in vacuum is found to be an effective retropulse isolator for CO2 laser light. The plasma created by a subjoule CO2 beam remains overdense at least 50 ns after the CO2 pulse.Keywords
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