Dynamic high pressure generation through plasma implosion driven by an intense laser pulse
Author(s) -
M. Li,
Jiaxiang Wang,
Tao Yuan,
Y. X. Xu,
Wenjun Zhu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4975633
Subject(s) - implosion , plasma , laser , picosecond , atomic physics , pulse (music) , materials science , pulse duration , plasma diagnostics , optics , physics , nuclear physics , detector
When an intense laser pulse is loaded upon solids, very high impactpressurecan be generated on the surface. In this letter, we simulate this process throughone-dimensional particle-in-cellsimulation and find that the pressure as high as 0.13 TPa can be generated afterthe laser pulse with intensity 1015 W/cm2 and 5 picosecond durationis injected upon a nanometer solid-density plasma. The peak pressure is shown to beresulted from an energetic high-density plasma bunch, produced through plasma implosionunder extremely high light pressure
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