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The velocities of energy transport in an undercritical plasma of polymer aerogel with and without copper nanoparticles were measured. Transmission of the laser light through targets of different thicknesses such as submicron three-dimensional polymer networks with densities below the critical value (0.13–0.52 N cr) for a wavelength of 0.438 µm and intensity of (3–7)·1014 W/cm2 at a half-height pulse duration of 0.32 ns was studied. The transfer of a heating laser radiation was registered on the rear side of the target. It ranged from a level of ∼0.5% for the thickness of a low-density layer of 400 µm and density of 9 mg/cm3 (mass per unit square of 0.36 mg/cm2) up to 50–60% for a thickness of 100 µm and density of 2.25 mg/cm3 (mass per unit square of 0.02 mg/cm2). The time dependences of the optical emission from the rear side of the targets were measured. They appear to be indicative of the plasma dynamics in two-layer targets (polymer foam on Al foil) and enable the estimation of the absorption depth for the laser light in an undercritical plasma.
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Borisenko, N.G., Akunets, A.A., Khalenkov, A.M. et al. Particular features of the transmission of laser radiation with wavelength 0.438 µm and intensity (3–7)·1014 W/cm2 through an undercritical plasma from polymer aerogels. J Russ Laser Res 28, 548–566 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-007-0042-3
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