Improvement of Beam Nonuniformity Smoothing Due to X Radiation in Laser-Driven Layered Targets

Autor: B. Meyer, P.A. Holstein, M. Decroisette, A. Saleres, J. L. Bocher, G. Thiell, M. Louis-Jacquet
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 52:823-826
ISSN: 0031-9007
Popis: The effect of laser-beam spatial modulations on plane targets is analyzed as a function of modulation scale length and target material by means of x-ray shadowgraphy. At short laser wavelength it is shown that lateral energy smoothing is clearly improved because of the strong x-ray emission from the irradiated high-Z side of layered targets. The results, interpreted in terms of radiation-driven thermal transport, are in agreement with numerical simulations.
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