Exploding foils with artificial structure as a source of ultraviolet radiation

Abstract

The results of the study of radiation produced by the electrical explosion of Al foil with a thickness of 4 μm with an artificial periodic structure of periodic holes with 50–400 μm steps created by laser engraving are presented. The experiments were carried out on a KING pulse high-current generator (220 kA, 40 kV, 300 ns). Images of exploded foils were recorded using pinhole cameras with a 20 μm aperture on a four-frame microchannel plate camera with 5 ns temporal resolution. In experiments on the electrical explosion of thin foils, it was shown that the application of an artificial periodic structure to the foil leads to a much more uniform radiation in the UV spectrum range along the entire length and width of the foil. Uniform radiation was observed from 20 to 70 ns. It is shown that such radiation can be used for the imaging of test objects or plasma objects like exploded wires.