Measurement of the mass ablation rate for 0.53 μm random phased laser irradiation of spherical targets

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The mass ablation rate has been measured using the 12-beam GEKKO XII glass laser. An X-ray pinhole camera coupled to a streak camera was used to provide both spatial and temporal history of the emission from buried maker layers. The camera was filtered by 0.75 μm of Al to enhance the image of the cool, denser plasma near the ablation front. The targets (diameter approximately 500 μm) were both polymer shells and solid polymer pellets and were overcoated with up to four maker layers sandwiched...

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Authors: Norreys, P; Miyanaga, N; Nishimura, H; Kondo, K; Azechi, H

• Publisher: IEEE
• Pages: 143-143
• Publication date: 1989-01-01
• Language: English