Journal
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1612-2011/12/7/076101
Keywords
laser propulsion; cavity aspect ratio; confinement; ablation; 532 nm; shockwave; plasma shielding
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- Pakistan Science Foundation [PSF/Res/P-AU/Phys. (151)]
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We introduce for the first time the novel idea of manipulating the momentum coupling coefficient using plasma confinement and shock wave reflection from the cavity walls. The plasma was confined using cylindrical geometries of various cavity aspect ratios to manipulate the momentum coupling coefficient (C-m). The Nd:YAG laser (532 nm, 5 ns pulse duration) was focused on the ferrite sample surface to produce plasma in a region surrounded by cylindrical cavity walls. The multiple reflections of the shockwaves from the cavity walls confined the laser-induced plasma to the central region of the cavity that subsequently resulted in a significant enhancement of the momentum coupling coefficient values. The plasma shielding effect has also been observed for particular values of laser fluencies and cavity aspect ratios. Compared with the direct ablation, the confined ablation provides an effective way to obtain high C-m values.
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