The Interaction of Intense Laser Pulses with Atomic Clusters

Authors

T. Ditmire, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Thomas D. Donnelly, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
A. M. Rubenchik, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
R. W. Falcone, University of California - Berkeley
M. D. Perry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Document Type

Article

Department

Physics (HMC)

Publication Date

5-1996

Abstract

We examine the interaction of intense, femtosecond laser radiation with the large (50–200 Å) clusters produced in pulsed gas jets. Both experiment and simulation show that the plasmas produced during these interactions exhibit electron temperatures far in excess of that predicted by above-threshold ionization theory for a low-density gas. Efficient heating of the clusters by the laser is followed by rapid expansion of the clusters and long-lived x-ray emission from hot, decaying, underdense plasma.

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This article is also available from the American Physical Society at http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.3379.

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© 1996 American Physical Society

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DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.53.3379

Recommended Citation

T. Ditmire, T.D. Donnelly, A. M. Rubenchik, R.W. Falcone, M.D. Perry, The Interaction of Intense Laser Pulses with Atomic Clusters, Phys. Rev. A 53, 3379 (1996). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.3379