Research Article

Fractal Method for Modeling the Peculiar Dynamics of Transient Carbon Plasma Generated by Excimer Laser Ablation in Vacuum

Figure 3

Images of the V-like plasma shape obtained for LP = 46 cm at various stages of time evolution (a), comparison between visible radiating shapes obtained for various laser beam focusing at 500 ns delay (b), and drag effect observed for expansion in ambient gas (c).