Temperature in laser-created deuterium plasmas
- 1 June 1969
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion
- Vol. 9 (2), 115-120
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/9/2/003
Abstract
The beam of a powerful neodymium glass laser is focused into a solid deuterium stick. The temperature of the created plasma is measured by Jahoda's X-ray absorption method. The electron temperature has been found to range up to 450 eV and exhibits a 2/3-power dependence on the power flux density. These results are in agreement with a theoretical model involving a strong shock and a deflagration front propagating inwards the D2 ice whereas the plasma expands in the vacuum towards the incoming beam.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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