Wavelength dependent of laser shock-wave generation in the water-confinement regime
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 85 (11), 7552-7555
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.370553
Abstract
The generation of high-intensity shock waves by laser plasma in the water-confinement regime has been investigated at 1.064, 0.532, and 0.355 μm laser wavelengths. Experimental characterizations of pressures induced by laser plasma have been performed with a velocimetry interferometer for any reflector. For each incident laser wavelength, above a laser power density threshold, maximum pressure levels saturate and the pressure durations are reduced due to parasitic plasma occurring in water. However, it is shown that this threshold is lower at the 0.532 and 0.355 μm wavelengths than at the 1.064 μm wavelength. The generation of the parasitic plasma in water is easier with a short wavelength because it would be dominated by multiphotoionization mechanisms. Below the saturation pressure threshold, the pressure levels are significantly higher at the 0.532 and 0.355 μm wavelengths than at the 1.064 μm wavelength. Unlike the detrimental effect of short laser wavelengths on water breakdown plasma, the confined laser interaction is shown to be more efficient in ultraviolet than in infrared laser irradiation.Keywords
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