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Terahertz and X-Ray Emission from Clustered Plasma and Dynamics of the Cluster Formation in the Expanding Jet

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In this chapter we introduce our recent studies on terahertz (THz) and X-ray emission generated in an Ar gas-cluster jet under irradiation with high-intense ultrashort laser pulses. We carried out a numerical simulation of cluster formation processes in a supersonic jet produced under adiabatic extension of gaseous Ar into vacuum, which shows that the concentration ratios among non-clusterized Ar monomers, small-size Ar clusters and large-size Ar clusters significantly vary along the jet. The chapter presents experimental results on THz and X-ray emission generated by irradiation of the jet with intense femtosecond laser pulses at various downstream distances measured from the nozzle outlet along the axis of symmetry of the nozzle. It is shown that THz and X-ray emission from the jet is a useful tool for the study of clustering dynamics in the course of free expansion of gas through a nozzle into vacuum.

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  1. Faculty of Physics & International Laser Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. V. Balakin, M. S. Dzhidzhoev, V. M. Gordienko, I. A. Zhvaniya, I. E. Ivanov, N. A. Kuzechkin, P. M. Solyankin & A. P. Shkurinov

  2. Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, Branch of the Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Svyatoozerskaya 1, 140700, Shatura, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Balakin, N. A. Kuzechkin, P. M. Solyankin & A. P. Shkurinov

  3. The National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow, 119049, Russia

    A. P. Shkurinov

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Balakin, A.V. et al. (2019). Terahertz and X-Ray Emission from Clustered Plasma and Dynamics of the Cluster Formation in the Expanding Jet. In: Yamanouchi, K., Tunik, S., Makarov, V. (eds) Progress in Photon Science. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 119. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05974-3_16

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