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Numerical modelling of the cluster targets for their optimization in femtosecond-laser-cluster-driven experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2017

A.S. Boldarev ,
A.Y. Faenov ,
Y. Fukuda ,
S. Jinno ,
T.A. Pikuz ,
M. Kando ,
K. Kondo  and
R. Kodama
A.S. Boldarev*
Affiliation:
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS, Moscow, Russia National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia
A.Y. Faenov
Affiliation:
Open and Transdisiplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 125412, Russia
Y. Fukuda
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
S. Jinno
Affiliation:
Nuclear Professional School, The University of Tokyo, 2-22 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1188, Japan
T.A. Pikuz
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 125412, Russia Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
M. Kando
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
K. Kondo
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
R. Kodama
Affiliation:
Open and Transdisiplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Photon Pioneers center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
*
Address correspondence and reprint request to: A.S. Boldarev, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS, Miusskaya sq. 4, Moscow, 125047, Russian Federation. E-mail: boldar@imamod.ru
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Abstract

The interaction of femtosecond ultra-intense laser pulses with clusters increases absorption of the incident laser light compared with the interaction with solid targets and leads to enhanced generation of different quantum beams with unique parameters. Future investigations of such interaction urgently need detailed modeling and optimization of cluster parameters, for instance, in order to obtain the clusters with desired size, or some specific spatial configuration of the target etc. A numerical model of gas-cluster targets production by the nozzle flows of gases and binary mixtures is presented. Some previous results of the model utilization are summarized, and some new results are given. Techniques of experimental verification of the numerical results are discussed.

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Ultra-intense femtosecond laser–clusters interactionCluster targetsNumerical modellingNozzle flowKinetics of clusterization

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 397 - 408
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