Explosion of atomic clusters irradiated by high-intensity laser pulses: Scaling of ion energies with cluster and laser parameters
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Experimental measurements of scaling with cluster and laser parameters of the energies of ions produced in the explosion of atomic clusters have been obtained, with a view to experimental optimization of the cluster explosion temperature. The noble-gas clusters were irradiated with high-intensity, 200-fs laser pulses. Ion energy scalings with cluster size ~ranging from 10 – 10 atoms per cluster!, laser intensity (10– 10 W cm), and laser wavelength ~780 and 390 nm! are presented for both Xe and Kr clusters. Numerical calculations of the interaction, treating the cluster as a spherical nanoplasma, are also presented.
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