A. A. Samokhin, V. I. Vovchenko, N. N. Il'ichev, P. V. Shapkin, “Features of the explosive boiling up of water irradiated by a <i>Q</i>-switched erbium laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2007, Volume 37, Number 12,Pages <nobr>1141

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Features of the explosive boiling up of water irradiated by a Q-switched erbium laser

A. A. Samokhin^a, V. I. Vovchenko^a, N. N. Il'ichev^a, P. V. Shapkin^b

^a Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Subnanosecond pressure pulses were observed on the surface of water irradiated by 200-ns, 2.94-μm, 0.65–0.8-J cm^-2 pulses from a Q-switched erbium laser. The pulses can be related to the development of explosive boiling up in a thin subsurface layer of the overheated water.

PACS: 79.20.Ds, 64.70.Fx

Received: 09.10.2007