Nail-like targets for laser plasma interaction experiments
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The interaction of ultra-high power picosecond laser pulses with solid targets is of interest both for benchmarking the results of hybrid particle in cell (PIC) codes and also for applications to re-entrant cone guided fast ignition. We describe the construction of novel targets in which copper/titanium wires are formed into 'nail-like' objects by a process of melting and micromachining, so that energy can be reliably coupled to a 24 {micro}m diameter wire. An extreme-ultraviolet image of the i…
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Date:
December 18, 2007
Creator:
Pasley, J.; Wei, M.; Shipton, E.; Chen, S.; Ma, T.; Beg, F. N. et al.
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