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SYPS: Plasmen in ungewöhnlichen Situationen
SYPS 2: Symposium: Plasmas in unusual situations, Part II: Laser generated plasmas
SYPS 2.1: Invited Talk
Monday, March 7, 2005, 14:00–14:30, HU Audimax
Creation of cluster plasmas at short wavelengths: Results and perspectives — •Hubertus Wabnitz1, A. Rubens B. de Castro2, Peter Guertler2, Tim Laarmann3, Wiebke Laasch2, Patrick Montchicourt1, Joachim Schulz4, Christoph Bostedt5, and Thomas Moeller5 — 1CEA, DRECAM/SPAM, France — 2HASYLAB/DESY, Hamburg — 3Max-Born Institut, Berlin — 4MAX-Lab, Sweden — 5TU Berlin
Until recently the investigation of the interaction of strong light fields with matter at short wavelengths beyond the ultraviolet spectral range was hindered by the lack of sufficiently intense light sources. The production of gigawatt radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet range with intensities up to 1013 W/cm2 at the DESY free-electron laser opened the door to such studies. First experiments with clusters have shown that in principle a highly ionised medium is formed, which absorbs unexpectedly strong and finally disintegrates by Coulomb explosion. This contribution will first review the results from the FEL experiment and then turn towards forthcoming experiments. Besides future work at the VUV-FEL, complementary time resolved cluster studies using high harmonic generation (HHG)as intense VUV light source will be presented.