Abstract
Submillimeter deep heating of bulk water by thermal radiation from ablative water plumes produced by a 10.6 μm transversely excited atmospheric C O2 laser and the related acoustic generation has been studied using a contact time-resolved photoacoustic technique. Effective penetration depths of thermal radiation in water were measured as a function of incident laser fluence and the corresponding plume temperatures were estimated. The near-field thermal and thermoacoustic effects of thermal radiation in laser-ablated bulk water and their potential near-field implications are discussed.
c 2006 American Institute of Physics
| Original language | American English |
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| Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 100 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- bulk water
- laser fluence
- penetration depths
- vapor plumes
- carbon monoxide
- heat radiation
- laser beams
- photoacoustic effect
- pulsed laser deposition
Disciplines
- Physics