The results of an experimental study of the plasma formed by the evaporation of the lead target in the field of powerful broadband VUV radiation are presented. A pulse light-erosion magnetoplasma compressor (MPC’s) discharge is used as a model source of VUV radiation. “Gas filtration” of radiation is used to control the spectral composition – the discharge takes place in pure inert gases: in argon at 200 torr and neon at 400 torr. This allows us to manage the spectral distribution of radiation energy and to limit the energy of quants which irradiate the lead target with the first ionization potential of buffer gas. Shadow photography, toeplergrathy, double exposure laser holographic interferometry are used for diagnostics. Experimentally established different distribution of parameters in the lead plasma depending on the spectral composition of the impact radiation (the composition of buffer gas). It is shown that when the energy of quants increases (above the lead second ionization potential), a more even heating of the plasma layer is realized.

В работе представлены результаты экспериментального исследования и определения параметров световой эрозии фторопласта (C2F4)n. Испарение вызвано облучением образца фторопласта мощным излучением УФ-ВУФ разряда магнитоплазменного компрессора. Спектр излучения разряда включал в себя ВУФ-область. Определение параметров производилось при помощи двухлучевой лазерной голографической интерферометрии

The results of processes above the surface of graphite samples which exposed with powerful vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation experimental studies are presented. The characteristic radiation exposure time was 3...100 μs, the radiation energy in the vacuum region of the spectrum was 1...2 kJ. The main characteristics of the processes were recorded on direct, shadow photographs and interferograms. The temporal dynamics of the expansion of the plasma layer formed during evaporation of the flat graphite targets surface by VUV radiation, as well as the dynamics of buffer gas compression and shock wave motion are analyzed. It is shown that the temperature of the carbon plasma above the samples surface reached 1 eV. Research is relevant in the fields of space, plasma technologies, the development of the element base of microelectronics and fundamental studies of the powerful radiation interaction with matter.