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Title: Hydrodynamics of a parametrically absorbing laser-produced plasma undergoing spherical expansion

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5078120

The anomalous absorption of laser radiation in a spherically symmetric solid deuterium target is simulated numerically. The role played by parametric effects in the plasma hydrodynamics is determined. The calculated results agree qualitatively with experiment.

Research Organization:
P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
5078120
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 3:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English