Investigation of a plasma mirror of an electron-beam-controlled CO/sub 2/ laser with heating radiation power densities of 10/sup 11/--10/sup 12/ W/cm/sup 2/

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1977v007n06ABEH012885· OSTI ID:7210414

Boiko, V A; Danilychev, V A; Zvorykin, V D; Ivanova, T G; Kholin, I V; Chugunov, A Y

It is shown that when an electron-beam-controlled CO/sub 2/ laser operates in a simple single-stage scheme with a plasma mirror, the laser radiation is absorbed efficiently in the plasma. For a heating radiation power of several tens of gigawatts and a power density at the target qapprox.10/sup 11/--10/sup 12/ W/cm/sup 2/, the electron temperature and density in the plasma mirror were T/sub e/approx.200 eV and N/sub e/approx.10/sup 19/ cm/sup -3/. Helium-like Mg XI ions were obtained.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 7210414
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 7:6; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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