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Laser-Produced Gaseous Deuterium Plasmas

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Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena

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A brief summary of the theory of laser-produced plasmas is presented. Experimental measurements of the properties of laser-produced, low pressure (100–600 Torr) deuterium plasmas are discussed and interpreted using the best available theories. These measurements include, laser intensity breakdown threshold versus pressure, plasma growth rate, laser-plasma absorption and boundary interactions, spatial and temporal electron density distribution, and temporal electron temperature. A Time Variable Reflectivity (TVR) ruby laser having an output of up to 2 joules in 4 nanoseconds (FWHM) was used in this investigation.

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  1. Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NMex, 87117, USA

    Arthur H. Guenther & Winston K. Pendleton

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  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

    Helmut J. Schwarz (Professor of Physics) & Heinrich Hora (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics) (Professor of Physics) &  (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics)

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany

    Heinrich Hora (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics) (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics)

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Guenther, A.H., Pendleton, W.K. (1972). Laser-Produced Gaseous Deuterium Plasmas. In: Schwarz, H.J., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7738-2_9

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