Temperature Effects on the Beat Heating of a Collisional Magnetoplasma

The beat heating of a magneto-plasma by two antiparallel electromagnetic waves at different temperatures is examined. The effects of plasma temperature, plasma electron collisions, plasma ion collisions and magnitude and direction of the magnetic field on the excitation of plasma electron waves and plasma ion waves are studied. A formula for the power absorption density of the plasma by using Maxwell's equations in conjuction with continuity and momentum equation. including collisions and pressure tensor terms, is derived. The contribution of the plasma temperature to the power absorption density, both at low and high beat frequencies, of the collisional and the non-collisional magnetised plasmas is found very significant and is illustrated numerically. The inclusion of pressure tensor term in the momentum equation is also found to cause characteristic changes in the power absorption density of the plasma with the orientation of magnetic field.     

Measurement of the ionization state and electron temperature of plasma during the ablation stage of a wire-array Z pinch using absorption spectroscopy

Wire-array plasmas were investigated in the nonradiative ablation stage via x-ray absorption spectroscopy. A laser-produced Sm plasma was used to backlight Al wire arrays. The Sm spectrum was simultaneously observed by two spectrometers: one recorded the unattenuated spectrum and the other the transmission spectrum with 1.45-1.55 keV K-shell absorption lines. Analysis of absorption spectra revealed electron temperature in the range of 10-30 eV and the presence of F-, O-, N- and C-like Al ions in the absorbing plasma. A comparison of this electron temperature with the postprocessed absorption spectra of a 2D MHD simulation yields results in general agreement with the data analysis.     

Impact of light absorption and temperature on self-focusing of zeroth-order Bessel–Gauss beams in a plasma with relativistic–ponderomotive regime

The influence of light absorption and temperature on self-focusing of zeroth-order Bessel–Gauss beams through plasma, with relativistic–ponderomotive regime, is investigated in this paper. The nonlinear differential equation for beam-width is established by using parabolic equation approach under Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) paraxial approximation and solved numerically. The numerical results show the effects of beam parameter, relative density plasma, intensity parameter, absorption coefficient and plasma electron temperature on self-focusing of zeroth-order Bessel–Gauss beams in plasma. The self-focusing of Gaussian beams in the considered plasma is also deduced as a particular case in the present work.     

Propagation and Absorption of ECR Waves in a Low Temperature Toroidal Plasma of Small Size and Magnetic Field

The propagation and absorption of ECR waves in a tokamak plasma with small size and low values of the electron temperature and the toroidal magnetic field is studied numerically. The cold plasma dispersion equation is solved and ray tracing calculations are performed to find the accessibility conditions and the optimal angle of wave launching for maximal ECR absorption. Absorption coefficients are computed in the high density approximation.     

激光直接加热自背光法辐射不透明度测量方法探索

本文提出一种基于单束激光直接加热多层平面靶开展 稠密等离子体辐射不透明度特性研究的靶物理设计并对其进行了实验验证. 在XG-II激光装置上, 采用三倍频束匀滑激光辐照Au/CH/Al/CH多层平面靶产生背光源和Al样品等离子体, 通过观测背光源经样品等离子体衰减后的透过谱得到样品等离子体的辐射吸收性质. 采用Multi-1D程序对激光加热多层靶进行了辐射流体力学数值模拟, 给出了样品等离子体状态及其时间演化过程. 利用细致谱项模型 (DTA) 对实验测量的Al等离子体吸收谱进行理论分析, 表明等离子体温度在20–70 eV之间, 该结果与辐射流体力学模拟结果基本一致. 关键词： 吸收光谱 自背光 激光等离子体     

Investigation into absorption of the incident laser beam during Nd:YAG laser processing of metals

Laser materials processing is highly affected by the existence of surface plasma. The absorption of surface plasma during drilling alters the power intensity distribution of the incident laser beam across the irradiated spot. The present study is carried out to measure the electron number density and temperature using a Langmuir probe while a mathematical formulation is conducted for the absorption coefficients due to electron-ion, electron-neutral atom collisions, inverse Bremsstrahlung, and photoionization processes. Consequently, a computer program is developed to compute the relevant absorption coefficients as well as the overall absorption coefficient. The laser power intensity distribution before and after the plasma absorption is computed at a plane 2.6 mm above the workpiece surface. It is found that 13% of the reduction occurs in the incident laser output power intensity at this plane in the plasma.     

Fresnel absorption and inverse bremsstrahlung absorption in an actual 3D keyhole during deep penetration CO2 laser welding of aluminum 6016

An actual keyhole is captured by a high-speed camera during deep penetration laser welding of aluminum alloy 6016. With the help of spectrograph, plasma spectra are acquired, and then after Abel transformation, electron temperature is calculated. Through Lorenz nonlinear fitting, the FWHM of Stark broadening lines is obtained to compute electron density. To know more about the mechanism of deep penetration laser welding, both the effect of Fresnel absorption and inverse bremsstrahlung absorption of plasma on the laser power distribution is considered. Results indicate that electron temperature is very unstable in the keyhole which has a declining tendency in the radius direction, electron density increases in the depth direction while it does not change too much along radius. Laser intensity absorbed on the keyhole wall through Fresnel absorption is hardly uniform and distributes mainly on the front wall and the bottom of keyhole wall, and inverse bremsstrahlung absorption of keyhole plasma plays a dominant role in absorbing laser power compared with Fresnel absorption.     

热阻塞效应对激光辐照靶材烧蚀过程的影响分析

研究了百兆瓦级激光烧蚀碳/碳复合材料靶材产生的等离子体吸收激光束能量引起的热阻塞效应。首先,基于逆轫致吸收理论,建立了激光在烧蚀靶材产生的等离子体中的传播模型;然后,基于磁流体理论,得到了等离子体在百兆瓦级激光形成的电磁场中的波动方程,建立了等离子体吸收激光能量引起热阻塞效应的模型。最后,对烧蚀过程中粒子的总密度、吸收系数、靶材表面等效热流随激光持续时间的变化规律以及是否考虑热阻塞效应时,靶面垂直方向的温度场进行了数值模拟。结果表明:等离子体的形成,对激光形成了明显的热阻塞效应,削弱了激光对靶材的烧蚀作用,使粒子总密度、吸收系数、靶材表面等效热流以及靶面垂直方向温度场的变化均呈现为非线性。     

Electronic structure of warm dense copper studied by ultrafast x-ray absorption spectroscopy

We use time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy to investigate the unoccupied electronic density of states of warm dense copper that is produced isochorically through the absorption of an ultrafast optical pulse. The temperature of the superheated electron-hole plasma, which ranges from 4000 to 10?000 K, was determined by comparing the measured x-ray absorption spectrum with a simulation. The electronic structure of warm dense copper is adequately described with the high temperature electronic density of state calculated by the density functional theory. The dynamics of the electron temperature is consistent with a two-temperature model, while a temperature-dependent electron-phonon coupling parameter is necessary.     

Absorption characteristic of arc plasma in the infrared region

In this paper,argon arc plasma is chosen as an example to study the absorption characteristics of arc plasma in the infrared region.Firstly,the phase and the attenuation constants are deduced for the given temperature,pressure and probe wavelength regions.Based on those constants,the dependence of the attenuation constant on the temperature and pressure in the vicinity of a certain probe wavelength is found.Then,theoretical analysis and discussion are conducted.Maximal absorption occurs at the position where the contributions of neutral particles and electrons come to a balance in a physical point of view,which may provide some measures to take for decreasing or controlling the plasma absorption of electromagnetic waves.     

Effect of light absorption and temperature on self-focusing of finite Airy–Gaussian beams in a plasma with relativistic and ponderomotive regime

In the present paper, we have studied the influence of light absorption and temperature on self-focusing of finite Airy–Gaussian beams in plasma by considering the combined effects of relativistic and the ponderomotive regime. The nonlinear differential equations of dimensionless beam-width parameter are derived using the paraxial ray and Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin approximation, and they are solved numerically. The effect of absorption coefficient, plasma electron temperature, relative plasma density, intensity parameter and modulation parameter beam on the self-focusing of finite Airy–Gaussian beams in plasma is presented numerically and discussed.     

等离子体初始密度对激光支持爆轰波特性的影响

采用守恒元求解元方法,对描述激光支持爆轰波等离子体流场演化的二维轴对称流体动力学控制方程组进行了数值模拟计算,给出了不同时刻点的等离子体压强、密度、温度、速度及对激光吸收系数的空间分布,比较了初始密度不同的情况下等离子体演化的不同特点。计算结果表明,等离子体初始密度较大时,等离子体对激光的吸收系数较大,为了增强激光能量与靶面的耦合,应合理控制靶面等离子体密度、激光脉宽及脉冲间隔。     

Collisionless absorption in an overdense plasma with anisotropic electron distribution function

Collisionless absorption of linearly polarized electromagnetic wave in a plasma with anisotropic bi-Maxwellian electron velocity distribution is investigated. Due to the wave magnetic field influence on the electron kinetics in the skin layer, the wave absorption is found to significantly depend on the degree of the electron temperature anisotropy. Depending on the value of the skin layer anomaly parameter, and on the electron temperature anisotropy degree, the conditions are found when a significant decrease or increase of the collisionless absorption is expected. Received 25 January 2002     

Absorption of ultrashort electromagnetic pulses in plasma with inhomogeneous distribution of density and temperature

The analysis of influence of the inhomogeneous distribution of temperature and density of atoms on the probability of absorption of ultrashort electromagnetic pulses in plasma is carried out. A specific example of divertor plasma of tokamaks and absorption in the Lyman series (at the Ly-α line) is considered. It is shown that the absorption probability may exceed relative populations of excited levels in divertor plasma by several orders of magnitude. The influence of the pulse duration on the probability of excitation of an atomic level is considered. The results suggest a possibility of a sharp increase in a fluorescence signal under the action of an ultrashort pulse.     

Influence of surface treatment on the electroless nickel plating of textile fabric

The present study is performed with an objective to acquire a deeper understanding of the properties of nickel-plated polyester fabric after conducing low temperature plasma treatment. Low temperature plasma treatment with oxygen and argon gases was employed to render a hydrophilic property of woven polyester fabrics and facilitate the absorption of a palladium catalyst in order to provide a catalytic surface for electroless nickel plating. The properties of plasma-induced electroless nickel-plated polyester fabrics were evaluated by various standard testing methods in terms of both physical and chemical performances.     

大尺寸团簇在超短超强激光场中的动力学行为

利用“流体动力学”模型分析了超短脉冲激光与团簇的相互作用机制.在共振吸收附近,等离子体球的电子密度、温度由于共振吸收加热和团簇膨胀变化非常快,仅用准静态的介电常数并不能完全描述团族在共振吸收处的物理过程.提出了有效介电常数模型,对团簇在共振吸收处的行为进行了适当的修正,并且分析了高价电离态离子和高能离子产生的机制以及不同波长激光和团簇尺寸对高价电离态离子和高能离子产生机制的影响 关键词： 超短超强激光 团簇 共振吸收 有效介电常数     

THOMSON SCATTERING MEASUREMENT OF LASER-HEATED PLASMAS

Experiment on characterizing the laser-heated plasmas using Thomson scattering measurement has been carried out. An incoherent Thomson scattering system with a 90° scattering angle has been established. The influence of the gas density and the pumping laser energy on the temperature of the laser-heated plasma has been examined. The results show that the temperature of the laser-heated plasma increases with the increase of pumping laser energy and the plasma density, which agrees well with the explanation of inverse Bremsstrahlung absorption.     

Anomalous absorption of intense electromagnetic radiation in a non-uniform overdense plasma

In this work, we present numerical computation of anomalous absorption of a powerful electromagnetic wave incident normally, on an isothermal plasma with a linear density gradient. We consider first, the “intensity” dependence of anomalous absorption treating two important cases: one that of a typical high temperature, high density fusion plasma occurring in a laser-pellet application and the other that of an ionospheric (F-layer) plasma. It is found that for low incident powers, reflection is almost constant, corresponding essentially, to classical electronion collisions. As we increase the incident power, however, we find that the reflection starts dropping and the absorption takes over. This result is interpreted in terms of the instability generated anomalous absorption of the incident wave. Next, we consider the “wavelength” dependence of anomalous absorption, wherein we observe that the effect of anomalous absorption is increasing for longer wavelengths of the incident laser radiation.     

Studies of a light source based on the retardation of supersonic pulse discharge jets

The spectral distribution of the radiated energy of an imploded plasma formed through the collision of a super-sonic plasma jet of a pulse discharge against a stationary obstacle was studied. Its brightness temperature and absorption were measured. It is shown that the plasma can served as a source of a continuous spectrum with an energy distribution similar to that of an absolute blackbody. The brightness temperature of the source was variable over a broad range by appropriate adjustment of the discharge conditions.The authors are very grateful to M. A. El'yashevich for his interest in the present study and for his valuable comments on the results.     

Characterization of X‐ray gas attenuator plasmas by optical emission and tunable laser absorption spectroscopies

X‐ray gas attenuators are used in high‐energy synchrotron beamlines as high‐pass filters to reduce the incident power on downstream optical elements. The absorption of the X‐ray beam ionizes and heats up the gas, creating plasma around the beam path and hence temperature and density gradients between the center and the walls of the attenuator vessel. The objective of this work is to demonstrate experimentally the generation of plasma by the X‐ray beam and to investigate its spatial distribution by measuring some of its parameters, simultaneously with the X‐ray power absorption. The gases used in this study were argon and krypton between 13 and 530 mbar. The distribution of the 2p excited states of both gases was measured using optical emission spectroscopy, and the density of argon metastable atoms in the 1s₅ state was deduced using tunable laser absorption spectroscopy. The amount of power absorbed was measured using calorimetry and X‐ray transmission. The results showed a plasma confined around the X‐ray beam path, its size determined mainly by the spatial dimensions of the X‐ray beam and not by the absorbed power or the gas pressure. In addition, the X‐ray absorption showed a hot central region at a temperature varying between 400 and 1100 K, depending on the incident beam power and on the gas used. The results show that the plasma generated by the X‐ray beam plays an essential role in the X‐ray absorption. Therefore, plasma processes must be taken into account in the design and modeling of gas attenuators.