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Effects of laser radiation on matter. Laser plasma

Measurements of laser-induced shock waves in aluminium

M. Werdiger, B. Arad, E. Moshe, S. Eliezer

Plasma Physics Group, Soreq Nuclear Research Centre, Yavne, Israel

Abstract: A simple optical method for measurements of high-irradiance (3 × 10¹³ W cm^–2) laser-induced shock waves is described. The shock wave velocity (~13 km s^–1) was measured with an error not exceeding 5%. The laser-induced one-to-two-dimensional (1D-to-2D) shock wave transition was studied.

PACS: 62.50.+p, 61.80.Ba, 42.62.Hk

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1995, 25:2, 153–156

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