Explosion of Xenon Clusters Driven by Intense Femtosecond Pulses of Extreme Ultraviolet Light
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (United States)
The explosions of large xenon clusters irradiated by intense, femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses at a wavelength of 38 nm have been studied. Using high harmonic generation from a 35 fs laser, clusters have been irradiated by extreme ultraviolet pulses at intensity approaching 10{sup 11} W/cm{sup 2}. Charge states up to Xe{sup 8+} are observed, states well above those produced by single atom illumination, indicating that plasma continuum lowering is important. Furthermore, the kinetic energy distribution of the exploding ions is consistent with a quasineutral hydrodynamic expansion, rather than a Coulomb explosion.
- OSTI ID:
- 21179910
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 101; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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