• DocumentCode
    1090826
  • Title

    Optical probe observations of nonuniformities in laser-produced plasmas

  • Author

    Willi, O. ; Rumsby, P.T. ; Sartang, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Rutherfod and Appleton Lab., Chilton, Didcot, England
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    9/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1909
  • Lastpage
    1917
  • Abstract
    Due to its high spatial and temporal resolution, optical probing is a very powerful technique for investigating the corona plasma of laser-heated targets. The basic requirements of optical probing systems are discussed and a short description of a system presently in use is given. Various experimental observations are presented of results obtained with this system on targets irradiated with long pulses of low ( \\sim 10^{13} W . cm-2) irradiance as are used in ablatively driven compression experiments. These show the presence of small-scale density and magnetic-field nonuniformities in the plasma corona.
  • Keywords
    Laser fusion; Laser fusion, plasma measurements; Neodymium:glass lasers; Corona; Laser beams; Magnetic field measurement; Optical beams; Optical pulses; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1981.1071350
  • Filename
    1071350
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1090826