Reflection of 10. 6. mu. m light from a laser-produced plasma

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979 · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5634230

Basov, N G; Boiko, V A; Danilychev, V A; Zvorykin, V D; Kholin, I V; Chugunov, A Y

The reflection of the beam from a CO/sub 2/ laser from the hot plasma at the surface of a solid target is studied. The experiments are carried out with heating beams in the intensity range qapprox.10/sup 10/-10/sup 13/ W/cm/sup 2/. The laser pulse consists of a prepulse approx.100 nsec long, followed by a train of nanosecond pulses. For the prepulse, the coefficient of reflection into the aperture of the focusing mirror is less than a few percent, while the total reflection coefficient into a solid angle of 2..pi.. is approx.45%. For the nanosecond pulses the coefficient of the reflection into the aperture of the focusing mirror increases to approx.20%, because of stimulated Brillouin scattering. The spectrum of the incident and reflected radiation is studied. The experimental results are discussed and compared with the results from other work.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 5634230
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 5:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
BRILLOUIN EFFECT
REFLECTION
ABSORPTION
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CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
LASER RADIATION
LASER-RADIATION HEATING
PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES
COHERENT SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
GAS LASERS
HEATING
INSTABILITY
LASERS
PLASMA
PLASMA HEATING
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING
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