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Investigation of Early Plasma Evolution Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Published on: July 2, 2012
Radiometric comparison of a laser-produced plasma and a BRV-source plasma at normal incidence
1Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Institut Berlin, Abbestr. 2-12, D-1000 Berlin 10, Germany.
Abstract:
A comparison of radiometric properties, e.g., time structure, source size, reproducibility, and time-integrated relative spectral radiance of a laser-produced plasma and a BRV-source plasma, is described. At normal incidence the laser-produced plasma proved superior to the BRV-source plasma in every aspect concerning its use as a radiometric transfer standard. Reproducibility in spectral radiance within 5% from shot to shot has been achieved with the laser-produced plasma.
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