Density profile modification by light pressure in spherical geometry
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 21 (4), 567-573
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862263
Abstract
The density profile modification which is generated by the radiation pressure of a powerful laser normally irradiating a spherical target is considered. Numerical simulation with a fluid code shows the formation of a nonmonotonic density profile, with an overdense bump detached in the underdense region. This shape is explained by a stationary model, and except for very small laser fields it, is shown to be the only one‐dimensionally stable solution.Keywords
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