SHOCK ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES IN A LASER-BEAM

Authors
ZAKHAROV SD KAZARYAN MA KOROTKOV NP
Citation
Sd. Zakharov et al., SHOCK ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES IN A LASER-BEAM, JETP letters, 60(5), 1994, pp. 322-324
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
60
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
322 - 324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1994)60:5<322:SAOPIA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A motion of strongly absorbing particles suspended in a liquid caused by a periodic-pulse laser beam has been studied theoretically and expe rimentally. A mechanism of shock acceleration of particles is proposed . It differs from the mechanism of convective entrainment. This new me thod makes it possible to perform patterned microscopic treatment of a target surface during bombardment by a light-controlled flux of parti cles with velocities similar to 10(6) cm/s. (C) 1994 American Institut e of Physics.