简介:AdeuteriumclusterjetproducedinthesupersonicexpansionintovacuumofdeuteriumgasatliquidnitrogentemperatureandmoderatebackingpressuresarestudiedbyRayleighscatteringtechniques.Theexperimentalresultsshowthatdeuteriumclusterscanbecreatedatmoderategasbackingpressuresrangingfrom8to23bar,andamaximumaverageclustersizeof350atomsperclusterisestimated.Thetemporalevolutionoftheclusterjetgeneratedatthebackingpressureof20bardemonstratesatwo-plateaustructure.Thepossiblemechanismresponsibleforthisstructureisdiscussed.Theformerplateauwithhigheraverageatomandclusterdensitiesismoresuitableforthegenerallaser-clusterinteractionexperiments.