An experimental investigation on the performance of conical nozzles for argon cluster formation in supersonic jets

H Lu, G Ni, R Li, Z Xu - The Journal of chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
This work intends to get a better understanding of cluster formation in supersonic nozzles of
different geometries. The throat diameters d are within 0.26 mm≤ d≤ 0.62 mm⁠, the half …

Experimental investigation on argon cluster sizes for conical nozzles with different opening angles

G Chen, B Kim, B Ahn, DE Kim - Journal of Applied Physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Using Rayleigh scattering measurement, we experimentally studied the effect of the opening
angle of conical nozzles on the average sizes of argon clusters produced by high-pressure …

Stationary flow conditions in pulsed supersonic beams

W Christen - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a generally applicable method for the experimental determination of stationary
flow conditions in pulsed supersonic beams, utilizing time-resolved electron induced …

Efficient generation of fusion neutrons from cryogenically cooled heteronuclear clusters irradiated by intense femtosecond lasers

H Zhang, H Lu, S Li, Y Xu, X Guo, Y Leng… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present experimental studies on the conversion efficiency of fusion neutrons generated
from Coulomb explosion of cryogenically cooled heteronuclear deuterated methane (CD 4) …

Nonlinear wakefields and electron injection in cluster plasma

MW Mayr, B Spiers, R Aboushelbaya, RW Paddock… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2020 - APS
Laser and beam driven wakefields promise orders of magnitude increases in electric field
gradients for particle accelerators for future applications. Key areas to explore include the …

Time-resolved Rayleigh scattering measurements of methane clusters for laser-cluster fusion experiments

J Song, J Won, W Bang - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We present a time-resolved analysis of Rayleigh scattering measurements to determine the
average size of methane clusters and find the optimum timing for laser-cluster fusion …

Propagation effects on fusion neutron generation in the Coulomb explosion of deuterated methane clusters

Z Zhou, J Liu, H Lu, Z Wang, J Ju, C Wang… - Journal of Physics B …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, fusion neutron yields from the Coulomb explosion of (CD 4) N clusters under
the irradiation of an intense femtosecond laser pulse is optimized by controlling the …

Wakefields in a cluster plasma

MW Mayr, L Ceurvorst, MF Kasim, JD Sadler… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2019 - APS
We report the first comprehensive study of large amplitude Langmuir waves in a plasma of
nanometer-scale clusters. Using an oblique angle single-shot frequency domain holography …

Energetic proton generation from intense Coulomb explosion of large-size ethane clusters

S Li, Z Zhou, Y Tian, H Lu, W Wang, J Ju, H Li… - Physics of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
An experimental investigation is performed on the interaction of intense femtosecond laser
pulses at the intensity of 6× 10 17 W/cm 2 (55 fs, 160 mJ at 800 nm) with ethane cluster (C 2 …

The role of carrier gas in cluster formation in methane supersonic jets

VE Khudozhitkov, AE Zarvin… - Journal of Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The influence of a monatomic carrier gas on cluster formation in supersonic methane jets is
studied. The formation of methane clusters in a mixture with condensed argon and non …