Title :
Characterization of protons and deuterons from intense 35 fs laser heated water droplet plasma
Author :
Ter-Avetisyan, Sargis, Sr. ; Shnurer, M. ; Busch, Stephan ; Nickels, P.V. ; Sandner, W.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Deeply modulated MeV ion spectra are obtained from water droplet targets irradiated by intense (/spl sim/ 10/sup 19/ W/cm/sup 2/) laser pulses. Multi electron-temperature plasma, which has been verified experimentally, can account for the spectral modulations.
Keywords :
drops; high-speed optical techniques; plasma diagnostics; plasma heating by laser; plasma light propagation; plasma temperature; 35 fs; deeply modulated MeV ion spectra; deuterons; laser heated water droplet plasma; multielectron-temperature plasma; protons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
