Evidence for self-focusing or filamentation from X-ray, 3/2 omega 0, and 2 omega 0 emission
Abstract
With long pulse, moderate intensity Nd-laser irradiation of flat targets, time-integrated images of emission reveal filaments along the laser axis. Combined with fine-scale structure found in time-integrated images of X-ray emission, these filaments suggest self-focusing of hot spots in the incident beam.
- Publication:
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Naval Research Lab. Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981nrl..reptW....H
- Keywords:
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- Bremsstrahlung;
- Laser Fusion;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Radiation Absorption;
- Self Focusing;
- Pressure Gradients;
- Transport Properties;
- X Rays;
- Lasers and Masers