Experimental Observation and Numerical Simulations of Laser-Driven Ablation
- 6 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (19), 1300-1303
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1300
Abstract
A group of fast ablatively driven ions has been observed by Thomson-parabola and Faraday-cup analyses of an expanding plasma produced by focusing energetic 8-nsec Nd: glass-laser pulses onto thick planar targets. Numerical simulations reveal the formation of an ablation structure with characteristics that agree well with the experimental observations.Keywords
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