Soft X-ray laser observation of femtosecond-laser-driven ablation of tungsten

Autor: Masahiko Ishino, Yoshiaki Kato, Mitsuru Yamagiwa, Noboru Hasegawa, Masaharu Nishikino, Yoshihiro Ochi, Tetsuya Kawachi
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Chinese Optics Letters. 13:070002-70004
ISSN: 1671-7694
DOI: 10.3788/col201513.070002
Popis: Ablation dynamics of tungsten irradiated with a 70 fs laser pulse is investigated with X-ray interferometry and X-ray imaging using a 13.9 nm soft X-ray laser of 7 ps pulse duration. The evolution of high-density ablation front of tungsten (i.e., W) is presented. The ablation front expands to ~120 nm above the original target surface at 160 ps after femtosecond-laser irradiation with an expansion speed of approximately 750 m/s. These results will provide important data for understanding ablation properties of W, which is a candidate material of the first wall of magnetic confinement fusion reactors.
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