1. Investigation of picosecond thermodynamics in a laser-produced plasma using Thomson scattering.
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A S Davies, D Haberberger, J Katz, S Bucht, J P Palastro, R K Follett, and D H Froula
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LASER plasmas ,THOMSON scattering ,THERMODYNAMICS ,PLASMA equilibrium ,LOW temperature plasmas ,HEAT equation ,RAMAN lasers ,PLASMA devices - Abstract
The picosecond evolution of the plasma conditions in a laser-produced plasma was measured using a Thomson-scattering diagnostic. The picosecond resolved Thomson spectra was enabled by a pulse-front-tilt-compensated spectrometer. The Thomson spectra revealed a transition in the plasma conditions from an initially cold evolving plasma to a quasi-stationary equilibrium plasma. The equilibrium temperature was found to match the generalized heat equation's predicted scaling and . The plasma evolution was compared to Raman gain bandwidth calculations and showed a time-dependent resonance detuning that would limit the transfer efficiency of a Raman plasma amplifier in the linear regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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