Hydrodynamics Of Evaporating Aerosols Irradiated By Intense Laser Beams PDF Download

An analysis is presented describing the interactions of atmospheric aerosols with a high-intensity laser beam propagating along an atmospheric path. For the case of moderate beam irradiances, diffusive mass transport and conductive energy transport dominate the aerosol-beam interactions. In this regime, the coupled aerosol-beam equations are solved numerically to obtain the spatic-temporal behavior of the propagating beam, and of the irradiated aerosols. For higher beam irradiances, convective transport of mass, energy and momentum away from the irradiated aerosols must be considered. The hydrodynamic equations are solved in the surrounding medium for this regime subject to appropriate ''jump conditions'' at the surface of the irradiated aerosol. Numerical examples illustrative of both regimes are given for the case of irradiated water aerosol droplets. 11 refs., 6 figs.