Laser impact on a drop

Alexander L. Klein, Claas Willem Visser, Wilco Bouwhuis, Henri Lhuissier, Chao Sun, Jacco H. Snoeijer, Emmanuel Villermaux, Detlef Lohse, Hanneke Gelderblom
2015 Physics of Fluids  
The impact of a laser pulse on a highly absorbing liquid drop can lead to a violent response: the drop is accelerated, strongly deforms, and eventually fragments. Shock waves, the ejection of matter, and even plasma formation can accompany this process ...
doi:10.1063/1.4930907 fatcat:xnxyckp6bfcafehq4w7cem342a