• DocumentCode
    499668
  • Title

    Pulsed laser ignition thresholds of energetic multilayer foils

  • Author

    McDonald, Joel P. ; Picard, Yoosuf N. ; Yalisove, Steven M. ; Adams, David P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Ignition thresholds for energetic multilayer foils comprised of aluminum (Al) and platinum (Pt) layers are presented as a function of foil properties for laser pulse durations of 100 femtosecond (fs) and 30 nanosecond (ns).
  • Keywords
    aluminium; high-speed optical techniques; ignition; laser ablation; platinum; Al-Pt; energetic multilayer foils; laser pulse; pulsed laser ignition threshold; time 100 fs; time 30 ns; Ignition; Laser ablation; Laser beam cutting; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Substrates; Ultrafast optics; (160.3900) Metals; (240.0310) Thin films;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224936