Two-wavelength beam deflection technique for electron density measurements in laser-produced plasmas
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 30 (16), 2212-2218
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.30.002212
Abstract
We describe the use of a two-wavelength beam deflection technique in the measurement of electron density and expansion velocity in a laser-produced plasma. Beam deflection measurements are made with a spatial resolution of 250 μm, temporal resolution of 25 ns, and a dynamic range of 1000. Several techniques for determining the spatial and temporal variation of the electron density from beam deflection measurements are described.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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