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Ion emission characteristics from laser-produced plasmas with steep density gradients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

K. Rohr ,
R. Dinger  and
H. Weber
K. Rohr
Affiliation:
Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Physik, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, West-Germany
R. Dinger
Affiliation:
Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Physik, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, West-Germany
H. Weber
Affiliation:
Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Physik, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, West-Germany
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Abstract

Ion emission from laser-produced plasma with small focal spots (20 μm) has been investigated for s- and p-polarization of the Nd–YAG laser at IL = 6 * 1013 W/cm2. The target has been Plexiglas (Hg, C5, O2) n, and the ion analysis has been charge, mass and velocity resolved for emission angles between 15° and 65°. It is found that additional resonance absorption mainly leads to an enhancement of the number of totally emitted ions which is essentially uniform for a large region of the velocity spectrum. The total increase in plasma expansion energy is by a factor of more than 3·5. The relatively low enhancement of the average initial temperature produces an unexpected asymptotic charge distribution with higher charges if resonance absorption is not present.

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , February 1989 , pp. 157 - 163
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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