Shock waves in laser-induced plasmas

B Campanella, S Legnaioli, S Pagnotta, F Poggialini… - Atoms, 2019 - mdpi.com
The production of a plasma by a pulsed laser beam in solids, liquids or gas is often
associated with the generation of a strong shock wave, which can be studied and interpreted …

Effect of ambient gas pressure on nanosecond laser produced plasma on nickel thin film in a forward ablation geometry

J Thomas, HC Joshi, A Kumar, R Philip - Physics of Plasmas, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Plasma plume propagation of a nickel thin film and its interaction with ambient gas have
been studied in a range of background pressures. The Stark broadening of neutral nickel …