Highly ionized plasma plume generation by long-pulse CO/sub 2/ laser irradiation of solid targets in strong axial magnetic fields

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5182016

Hoffman, A L; Crawford, E A

The present work utilizes high f number optics and is directed primarily at controlling the conditions in the magnetically confined plume. Typically, fully ionized carbon plasmas have been produced with 10/sup 18/ cm/sup -3/ electron densities and 100 to 150 eV electron temperatures. These carbon plasmas have been doped with high Z atoms in order to study ionization and emission rates at the above conditions.

• Research Organization: Mathematical Sciences Northwest, Inc., Bellevue, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-81DP40154
• OSTI ID: 5182016
• Report Number(s): CONF-820528-4; ON: DE82013317; TRN: 82-014612
• Resource Relation: Conference: US/Japan seminar on theory and application of multiple ionized plasmas produced by laser and particle beams, Nara, Japan, 2 May 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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