Presentation Date:
Thursday, October 1, 1998
Location:
OSA Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD)
Presentation Slides:
Tightly focused ultrashort laser pulses are used to produce a hot, dense plasma in water. Using time-resolved imaging and scattering techniques we map the supersonic expansion of this plasma. The expansion reaches a speed of 90 km/s, the fastest expansion witnessed to date in laser induced breakdown. Extreme temperature and pressure drive this expansion.