LLNL researchers define boundaries for petawatt laser absorption
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 05:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —The absorption of petawatt (1015 watts) laser light by solid matter is a crucial problem that has been the subject of theoretical and experimental study for more than two decades. In a newly-published paper, Lawrence Livermore scientists have defined, for the first time, a set of theoretical boundaries for the absorption of petawatt laser light. The scientists present their research in the June 18 online edition of Nature Communications.