Abstract
Laser-produced plasma has been generated within a surmac with geometric mirrors by focusing a TEA CO2 laser beam on a cross-linked polyethylene target. The time-dependent generation process for laser-produced plasma was observed with an image converter camera. The results indicate that two groups of plasma are formed during the generation process. In the experiments on the confinement of laser-produced plasma with the surmac, a maximum plasma potential of about 30 V was formed. A potential difference between spatially separated points was observed at the same time and gradually approached the value of an ambipolar potential.
