TY - JOUR
T1 - Simple model for laser-produced, mass-limited water-droplet plasmas
AU - Garloff, Kurt
AU - van den Donker, Michiel
AU - van der Mullen, Joost
AU - van Goor, Fred
AU - Brummans, Ralph
AU - Jonkers, Jeroen
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Plasmas, produced by a neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser pulse focused on a small water droplet and used for the generation of extreme ultraviolet light, can be described by a relatively simple model due to the fact that thermodynamic equilibrium can be assumed for the most important phase. Only three time-dependent variables¿radius, expansion speed, and internal energy¿are needed to describe the physics of the plasma. Nevertheless, it predicts quantities such as the size and the spectrum rather well. It is expected that the theory and the model presented here can also be applied to other laser-produced plasmas.
AB - Plasmas, produced by a neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser pulse focused on a small water droplet and used for the generation of extreme ultraviolet light, can be described by a relatively simple model due to the fact that thermodynamic equilibrium can be assumed for the most important phase. Only three time-dependent variables¿radius, expansion speed, and internal energy¿are needed to describe the physics of the plasma. Nevertheless, it predicts quantities such as the size and the spectrum rather well. It is expected that the theory and the model presented here can also be applied to other laser-produced plasmas.
KW - IR-57686
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.036403
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.036403
M3 - Article
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 66
JO - Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
JF - Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
IS - 3
M1 - 036403
ER -