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V V Barinov and S A Sorokin
© 1973 American Institute of Physics
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Citation V V Barinov and S A Sorokin 1973 Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 3 89
DOI 10.1070/QE1973v003n02ABEH004770
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An experimental investigation was made of the effect of high-power laser radiation on water drops of ~10–2 cm size. The drops disintegrated under the action of such radiation. The disintegration was of explosive nature and was attributed to boiling of strongly overheated water at isolated hot spots, which formed as a result of an inhomogeneous distribution of the optical field in a drop.