학술논문

Electron density and temperature contour plots from a laser-produced plasma using collective ultraviolet Thomson scattering
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 24(1):45-46 Feb, 1996
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Electrons
Plasma temperature
Plasma measurements
Plasma density
Scattering
Plasma waves
Frequency measurement
Performance evaluation
Aluminum
Particle beams
Language
ISSN
0093-3813
1939-9375
Abstract
Temporally integrated ultraviolet collective Thomson scattering measurements were performed with frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG laser radiation on an underdense long-scalelength aluminum plasma (n/sub c//spl sim/10/sup 21/ cm/sup -3/, Z/spl ap/7, T/sub e//spl ap/T/sub i//spl ges/50 eV, L/spl ges/100 /spl mu/m). The plasma was preformed by an Nd:YAG fundamental beam (1.06 /spl mu/m) with focusable intensities of 10/sup 11/ W/cm/sup 2/. Color images of two-dimensional (2-D) spatially resolved (30 /spl mu/m) electron density and electron temperature were obtained. These are the shortest wavelength Thomson scattering measurements on a plasma to date.