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Experimental investigation of the dynamics of laser-induced gas-plasma flows under femtosecond laser ablation of copper in vacuum

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Thermophysical and gas-dynamic characteristics of gas-plasma flows induced by ultrashort laser pulses interacting with a thin-film copper target in vacuum were studied experimentally. Using combined laser interferometry and complex processing of experimental data, we estimated the momentum coupling coefficient and the efficiency of laser-energy conversion to kinetic energy, spatiotemporal distributions of the number density and velocities of particles, pressure, and temperature in the gas-plasma flow. We provide comparative analysis of presented data with those found in the literature, which were obtained by other methods.

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Loktionov, E.Y., Protasov, Y.S. & Protasov, Y.Y. Experimental investigation of the dynamics of laser-induced gas-plasma flows under femtosecond laser ablation of copper in vacuum. Opt. Spectrosc. 115, 764–773 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X13110155

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Keywords

  • Laser Ablation
  • Femtosecond Laser
  • Plasma Flow
  • Laser Pulse Energy
  • Ultrashort Laser Pulse