LASER BOMBARDMENT OF MICROPARTICLE BEAM FOR PRODUCING ATOMIC PARTICLES IN THE FORM OF A BEAM OR AN EXPANDING CLOUD

摘要

A beam of accelerated microparticles of substantially uniform velocity is passed transversely through an intense pulsed laser beam. In traversing the laser beam, the microparticles are thermally evaporated by the energy of the laser beam to produce either a beam or an expanding cloud of atomic particles.