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20 September 2004 Propagation of shock wave generated by optical breakdown in a laser-produced plume
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Abstract
Short pulse laser breakdown in a non-uniform vapor cloud is considered as an instant local energy release (point explosion). The breakdown generates a strong shock wave propagating over the cloud. Propagation of the shock is described using an approach developed by A. S. Kompaneets. This approach is generalized to the case of arbitrary density and pressure profiles in the vapor cloud. For this case, the equation for shock wave shape is reduced to the eiconal equation in optics. Exact solutions are obtained for particular density distributions.
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Boris S. Luk'yanchuk and Sergei I. Anisimov "Propagation of shock wave generated by optical breakdown in a laser-produced plume", Proc. SPIE 5448, High-Power Laser Ablation V, (20 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548529
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KEYWORDS
Wave propagation

Atmospheric propagation

Clouds

Numerical integration

Pulsed laser operation

Spherical lenses

Wavefronts

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