Accession Number:
ADB005139
Title:
Laser-Plasma Interactions in Exploding Wires
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Mar 1973-Aug 1974
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE WEAPONS LAB KIRTLAND AFB NM
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1975-07-01
Pagination or Media Count:
48.0
Abstract:
The preformed plasma of an exploding wire is an interesting plasma for laser interaction studies--both for basic physics and for applications. Theoretical studies have been made of 1 the initiation of exploding wires by a capacitor bank 2 the optical properties of the laser interaction with this plasma 3 the scaling of laser heating with laser pulse shape, pulse width 10 to 80 nano-seconds, power, and energy 40 to 40,000 joules for the c02 laser and aluminum wire interaction. Results indicate that this interaction is definitely of sufficient interest to justify further study.
Descriptors:
- *CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
- *EXPLODING WIRES
- ALUMINUM
- CAPACITORS
- CORONAS
- DECAY SCHEMES
- ELECTRON DENSITY
- ELECTRONS
- EXCHANGE REACTIONS
- EXCITATION
- GAS IONIZATION
- HYDRODYNAMIC CODES
- INTERACTIONS
- IONS
- LAGRANGIAN FUNCTIONS
- MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
- NUCLEAR ENERGY LEVELS
- NUCLEAR MODELS
- PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
- PLASMA GENERATORS
- PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
- RAY TRACING
- REFLECTION
- REFRACTION
- SCALING FACTOR
- THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
Subject Categories:
- Lasers and Masers
- Ammunition and Explosives
- Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics