Plasma dynamics near critical density inferred from direct measurements of laser hole boring
Abstract
Here, we use multiframe picosecond optical interferometry to make direct measurements of the hole boring velocity, vHB, of the density cavity pushed forward by a train of CO2 laser pulses in a near critical density helium plasma. As the pulse train intensity rises, the increasing radiation pressure of each pulse pushes the density cavity forward and the plasma electrons are strongly heated. After the peak laser intensity, the plasma pressure exerted by the heated electrons strongly impedes the hole boring process and the vHB falls rapidly as the laser pulse intensity falls at the back of the laser pulse train. We present a heuristic theory that allows the estimation of the plasma electron temperature from the measurements of the hole boring velocity. Furthermore, the measured values of vHB, and the estimated values of the heated electron temperature as a function of laser intensity are in reasonable agreement with those obtained from two-dimensional numerical simulations.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Electrical Engineering Dept.
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1389949
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1259336; OSTI ID: 1364530
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-737704
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0045; PLEEE8
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; NA0002950; SC0010064
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review E
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0045
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; 42 ENGINEERING; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Gong, Chao, Tochitsky, Sergei Ya., Fiuza, Frederico, Pigeon, Jeremy J., and Joshi, Chan. Plasma dynamics near critical density inferred from direct measurements of laser hole boring. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.061202.
Gong, Chao, Tochitsky, Sergei Ya., Fiuza, Frederico, Pigeon, Jeremy J., & Joshi, Chan. Plasma dynamics near critical density inferred from direct measurements of laser hole boring. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.061202
Gong, Chao, Tochitsky, Sergei Ya., Fiuza, Frederico, Pigeon, Jeremy J., and Joshi, Chan. Sat .
"Plasma dynamics near critical density inferred from direct measurements of laser hole boring". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.061202. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1389949.
@article{osti_1389949,
title = {Plasma dynamics near critical density inferred from direct measurements of laser hole boring},
author = {Gong, Chao and Tochitsky, Sergei Ya. and Fiuza, Frederico and Pigeon, Jeremy J. and Joshi, Chan},
abstractNote = {Here, we use multiframe picosecond optical interferometry to make direct measurements of the hole boring velocity, vHB, of the density cavity pushed forward by a train of CO2 laser pulses in a near critical density helium plasma. As the pulse train intensity rises, the increasing radiation pressure of each pulse pushes the density cavity forward and the plasma electrons are strongly heated. After the peak laser intensity, the plasma pressure exerted by the heated electrons strongly impedes the hole boring process and the vHB falls rapidly as the laser pulse intensity falls at the back of the laser pulse train. We present a heuristic theory that allows the estimation of the plasma electron temperature from the measurements of the hole boring velocity. Furthermore, the measured values of vHB, and the estimated values of the heated electron temperature as a function of laser intensity are in reasonable agreement with those obtained from two-dimensional numerical simulations.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.93.061202},
journal = {Physical Review E},
number = 6,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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