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Comments on the paper ‘Specular reflection as a probe for diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

G. P. Gupta  and
B. K. Sinha
G. P. Gupta
Affiliation:
Laser and Plasma Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay 400 085, India
B. K. Sinha
Affiliation:
Laser and Plasma Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay 400 085, India
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Abstract

In a recent paper, Desai et al. (1994) have reported the observed characteristics of the specularly reflected laser light from a copper plasma created by laser irradiation of a planar copper target. They have measured specular reflection, and attributed the observed diffusivity of specularly reflected radiation to the curved and rippled surface at the radiation turning point in the plasma. The aim of this comment is to reanalyse the possible causes for the diffusion of specular reflection relevant to their experimental conditions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 143 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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