(1) Troitsk Institute of Innovation and Fusion Research, Troitsk, Moscow region, 142092, Russia;(2) All-Russia Research Institute of Physicotechnical and Radio Metrology, Mendeleevo, Moscow region, 141570, Russia
Abstract:
The evolution of the ion composition of a laser plasma during its expansion over a large distance is studied. The plasma is produced by a TIR CO2 laser with a pulse energy up to 100 J and duration of ~20 ns. X-ray diagnostics with the use of a spectrograph and X-ray PIN diodes was applied to study the plasma near the target surface. At large distances from the target surface, time-of-flight neutral-particle diagnostics with the use of an electrostatic analyzer and ion collector was applied. Calculations performed with the GIDRA-1 code agree well with experimental data.