Holographic interferometry of a high-energy-density exploding lithium wire plasma

Single-wavelength holographic interferometry was applied to the study of an exploding lithium wire plasma. The wire was 1 mil in diameter, extruded in vacuum. A holographic-quality ruby-laser probe produced a 16-ns FWHM pulse at λ=694.3 nm with 45 mJ in the TEM00 mode. A temperature-controlled reson...

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Published in:Journal of applied physics 1979-04, Vol.50 (4), p.2670-2674
Main Authors: Rockett, P D, Bach, D R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Single-wavelength holographic interferometry was applied to the study of an exploding lithium wire plasma. The wire was 1 mil in diameter, extruded in vacuum. A holographic-quality ruby-laser probe produced a 16-ns FWHM pulse at λ=694.3 nm with 45 mJ in the TEM00 mode. A temperature-controlled resonant reflector restricted laser operation to essentially a single-longitudinal mode. Linear charge density measured from Abel inverted interferograms implied that a significant amount of neutral or un-ionized lithium was present in a cold core. Peak electron density reached 1.4×1019 e−/cm3 and 2
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.326224