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Laser-Generated Shock Waves

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A low-energy, Q-switched Nd YAG laser has been used to generate shock waves in air, liquids and solids and high time- and space-resolution optical interferometry then leads to the pressure field in the breakdown zone.

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  • Ready JF (1971) Effects of High Power Laser Radiation. Academic Press, London

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  • Ward B, Emmony DC (1992) Energy dissipation during laser breakdown in solids. 23rd Symposium on Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials, SPIE, Washington

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Emmony, D.C., Suaidi, M.K.B., Ward, B. (1995). Laser-Generated Shock Waves. In: Brun, R., Dumitrescu, L.Z. (eds) Shock Waves @ Marseille III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78835-2_41

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