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Compact cryogenic source of periodic hydrogen and argon droplet beams for relativistic laser-plasma generation

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: We present a cryogenic source of periodic streams of micrometer-sized hydrogen and argon droplets as ideal mass-limited target systems for fundamental intense laser-driven plasma applications. The highly compact design combined with a high temporal and spatial droplet stability makes our injector ideally suited for experiments using state-of-the-art high-power lasers in which a precise synchronization between the laser pulses and the droplets is mandatory. We show this by irradiating argon droplets with multi-terawatt pulses.

Source: Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: 10.1063/1.3681940