Study of Laser Interaction with Thin Targets [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2009.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- PDF-file: 21 pages; size: 4.3 Mbytes
- Additional Creators:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- For many targets of interest, the thickness is small compared to the conduction length during the engagement. In addition, the laser-material interaction region can be treated as flat. We have studied this regime with our 25 kW solid-state laser. We have demonstrated that airflow can reduce by approximately 40% the energy required to break through a thin target. This reduction is caused by the bulging of the softened material and the tearing and removal of the material by aerodynamic forces. We present elastic modeling which explains these results.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:llnl-proc-411215
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
03/06/2009.
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Presented at: Sixth Annual High Energy Laser Lethality Conference, Monterey, CA, United States, Apr 06 - Apr 10, 2009.
Rubenchik, A M; Boley, C D; Fochs, S N; Rotter, M D; Yamamoto, R M; Pax, P H; Cutter, K P. - Funding Information:
- W-7405-ENG-48
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