title: Explosion of xenon clusters driven by intense femtosecond pulses of extreme ultraviolet light.
abstract: The explosions of large xenon clusters irradiated by intense, femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses at a wavelength of 38 nm have been studied. Using high harmonic generation from a 35 fs laser, clusters have been irradiated by extreme ultraviolet pulses at intensity approaching 10;{11} W/cm;{2}. Charge states up to Xe8+ are observed, states well above those produced by single atom illumination, indicating that plasma continuum lowering is important. Furthermore, the kinetic energy distribution of the exploding ions is consistent with a quasineutral hydrodynamic expansion, rather than a Coulomb explosion.
authors.affiliation: Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belolipetski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ditmire