Interferometric investigation of femtosecond laser-heated expanded states

Autor: A. Ng, R. C. Cauble, F. G. Patterson, Mark Foord, R. E. Stewart, Dwight Price, A. Forsman, P. T. Springer, Tommy Ao, Gary Guethlein, Klaus Widmann, F. J. Rogers
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Physics of Plasmas. 8:3869-3872
ISSN: 1089-7674
1070-664X
DOI: 10.1063/1.1394759
Popis: Simultaneous temporally and spatially resolved measurements of the phase change and reflectivity of S- and P-polarized femtosecond laser probes are obtained from hot expanded states produced by femtosecond laser heating of a solid aluminum target. The combined set of data provides an integral test of equation-of-state models in a regime up to 10 Mbar and densities of 0.01–1 times solid. The results suggest that target stoichiometry at the few A level should be considered in the analysis of phase and reflectivity measurements in such experiments.
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