Abstract
Experimental observations are presented demonstrating that the use of a gold-coated foam layer on the surface of a laser-driven target substantially reduces its hydrodynamic breakup during the acceleration phase. The data suggest that this results from enhanced thermal smoothing during the early-time imprint stage of the interaction. The target's kinetic energy and the level of parametric instability growth are shown to remain essentially unchanged from that of a conventionally driven target.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3858-3861 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 75 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
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Dunne, M., Borghesi, M., Iwase, A., Jones, M. W., Taylor, R., Gibson, R., Goldman, S. R., Mack, J., & Watt, R. G. (1995). EVALUATION OF A FOAM BUFFER TARGET DESIGN FOR SPATIALLY UNIFORM ABLATION OF LASER-IRRADIATED PLASMAS. Physical Review Letters, 75, 3858-3861.