NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF STRONG LASER PULSESSOLIDS INTERACTION

N.V. Bugrov, N.S. Zakharov
VANT. Ser.: Mat. Mod. Fiz. Proc 2000. Вып.2. С. 32-41.

The numerical method is developed to calculate the processes of powerful nanosecond laser pulses action on solids with regard to the kinetics of surface vaporization, elastic-plastic material properties and electron-ion exchange effects in laser-driven absorbing plasma. The main laws of the formation of plasma flames and shock waves in targets are determined for different parameters of acting radiation and ambient atmosphere.