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On the basis of estimates and 1D numerical calculation, it is shown that there is a possibility in principle of accelerating thin dense layers in channels to velocities of the order of 100 km/s by a long-pulse (≈100 ns) short-wavelength (λ=0.25 μm) laser. Calculated and experimental data (the latter were obtained using a GARPUN excimer laser at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow) are compared.
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Lebo, I.G., Rozanov, V.B., Shpatakovskaya, G.V. et al. Acceleration of thin foils in channels by A long-pulse short-wavelenght laser. J Russ Laser Res 18, 147–152 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02558697
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