Plasma formation on the front and rear of plastic targets due to high-intensity laser-generated fast electrons
Novel features of plasma generation by 1 ps, 1 μm, ∼1019 Wcm-2 laser pulses on thick plastic targets are presented: (i) The electron distribution in the ablated plasma has a minimum along the target normal which persists long after the laser pulse (>1 ns); (ii) a narrow plasma jet is formed a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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