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Radiation transport in laser-matter interactions Silva, Luiz Da
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The details of x-ray emission and transport in laser-matter interactions are currently of great interest. We have irradiated aluminum targets with 0.53 μm laser light in a ~ 2 ns (FWHM) pulse at an absorbed irradiance of Φ[sub L] = 2.3 x 10¹³ W/cm² . The temporal evolution of the ii"—shell photoabsorption edge of shock compressed aluminum was measured with an x-ray streak camera. The experimental results were found to be in reasonable agreement with the predictions of our one-dimensional hydrocode (HYRAD) which includes detailed calculation of radiation emission and transport. The effects of a finite focal spot on the K-edge profile were also assessed using a simplified two-dimensional hydrocode. The results suggest that the measured edge broadening is a consequence of non-uniform target conditions. Further numerical simulations using HYRAD verified the importance of K[sub α] emission spectrum in studying the effects of radiation transport. However, these predictions were found to be in significant disagreement with our experimental measurements of the time resolved K[sub α]emission spectrum. One possible explanation for this discrepancy is an underestimate of the K[sub α] fluorescent yield for certain ion species of aluminum. The reason for this is the generation of excited states which can not decay through the Auger process. Nevertheless, the experimental results still show characteristics of the radiatively heated zone predicted by the hydrocode.
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Radiation transport in laser-matter interactions
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University of British Columbia
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1988
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The details of x-ray emission and transport in laser-matter interactions are currently of great interest. We have irradiated aluminum targets with 0.53 μm laser light in a ~ 2 ns (FWHM) pulse at an absorbed irradiance of Φ[sub L] = 2.3 x 10¹³ W/cm² . The temporal evolution of the ii"—shell photoabsorption edge of shock compressed aluminum was measured with an x-ray streak camera. The experimental results were found to be in reasonable agreement with the predictions of our one-dimensional hydrocode (HYRAD) which includes detailed calculation of radiation emission and transport. The effects of a finite focal spot on the K-edge profile were also assessed using a simplified two-dimensional hydrocode. The results suggest that the measured edge broadening is a consequence of non-uniform target conditions. Further numerical simulations using HYRAD verified the importance of K[sub α] emission spectrum in studying the effects of radiation transport. However, these predictions were found to be in significant disagreement with our experimental measurements of the time resolved K[sub α]emission spectrum. One possible explanation for this discrepancy is an underestimate of the K[sub α] fluorescent yield for certain ion species of aluminum. The reason for this is the generation of excited states which can not decay through the Auger process. Nevertheless, the experimental results still show characteristics of the radiatively heated zone predicted by the hydrocode.
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eng
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2010-10-18
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0085009
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University of British Columbia
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