Cluster beams in the super-intense femtosecond laser pulse

VP Krainov, MB Smirnov - Physics reports, 2002 - Elsevier
The evolution of large atomic clusters exposed to a super-intense ultrashort laser pulse is
considered. Cluster excitation results from the interaction of its electron subsystem with the …

A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom

CN Danson, M White, JRM Barr, T Bett… - High Power Laser …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The first demonstration of laser action in ruby was made in 1960 by TH Maiman of Hughes
Research Laboratories, USA. Many laboratories worldwide began the search for lasers …

Plasma hydrodynamics of the intense laser-cluster interaction

HM Milchberg, SJ McNaught, E Parra - Physical Review E, 2001 - APS
We present a one-dimensional hydrodynamic model of the intense laser-cluster interaction
in which the laser field is treated self-consistently. We find that for clusters initially as small …

X-ray and extreme ultraviolet emission induced by variable pulse-width irradiation of Ar and Kr clusters and droplets

E Parra, I Alexeev, J Fan, KY Kim, SJ McNaught… - Physical Review E, 2000 - APS
Measurements are presented of x-ray (> 1.5 keV) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV, λ= 2–44 nm)
emission from argon and krypton supersonic gas jets at room (T= 300 K) and cryogenic (T …

Electron kinetic energy measurements from laser irradiation of clusters

E Springate, SA Aseyev, S Zamith, MJJ Vrakking - Physical Review A, 2003 - APS
We have measured electron kinetic energy spectra from the interaction of a low-density
beam of noble-gas clusters with a high-intensity femtosecond laser pulse. Electron energies …

Generation of cluster beams

BM Smirnov - Physics-Uspekhi, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
The processes are considered in a cluster plasma consisting of a dense plasma of a buffer
gas and a metal admixture. These processes involving clusters in a gas or plasma include …

Emission properties of ns and ps laser-induced soft x-ray sources using pulsed gas jets

M Müller, FC Kühl, P Großmann, P Vrba, K Mann - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The influcence of the pulse duration on the emission characteristics of nearly debris-free
laser-induced plasmas in the soft x-ray region (λ≈ 1-5 nm) was investigated, using six …

The evolution of large clusters under the action of ultrashort superintense laser pulses

VP Krainov, MB Smirnov - Physics-Uspekhi, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
The evolution of large clusters exposed to a superintense ultrashort laser pulse is
considered. Cluster excitation results from the interaction of its electron subsystem with the …

Cluster temperature. Methods for its measurement and stabilization

GN Makarov - Physics-Uspekhi, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Cluster temperature is an important material parameter essential to many physical and
chemical processes involving clusters and cluster beams. Because of the diverse methods …

Extreme ultraviolet emission from Xe clusters excited by high-intensity lasers

M Mori, T Shiraishi, E Takahashi, H Suzuki… - Journal of Applied …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The property of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) generation from Xe clusters irradiated with intense
lasers was studied. The Xe cluster jet was well characterized by the interferometric method …