Title :
Spatio-temporal phase-contrast imaging of tenuous laser plasma structures
Author :
Zhengyan Li ; Yen-Yu Chang ; Downer, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a pump-probe phase-contrast method that reconstructs the spatio-temporal profile of plasma structures at density as low as 1016 cm-3. The method is compatible with very thin, very long, even turbulent media.
Keywords :
laser materials processing; optical images; optical pumping; plasma density; plasma production by laser; spatiotemporal phenomena; plasma density; pump-probe phase-contrast method; spatiotemporal phase-contrast imaging; tenuous laser plasma structures; turbulent media; Frequency-domain analysis; Imaging; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas; Probes; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA