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Time-resolved shadowgraphs of large individual water and ethanol droplets vaporized by a pulsed CO2 laser

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Abstract

Carbon dioxide laser-induced explosive vaporization of water and ethanol droplets at high laser fluence has been observed with time-resolved shadowgraphs. The asymmetry seen in the droplet vaporization can be qualitatively explained by comparison to the internal-field intensity distribution. A central green spot observed in the shadowgraph is attributed to the near-field distribution just outside the shadow face of the droplet when the droplet is illuminated by a visible laser. This spot can be used to probe the shape deformation and optical inhomogeneity of the droplet. The energy dependence of the explosive vaporization of water was also studied. Increasing the CO2 laser fluence increases the rate of explosive vaporization.

© 1988 Optical Society of America

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