MEASUREMENT OF THE LOCAL ELECTRON-DENSITY BY MEANS OF STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING IN A LASER-PRODUCED GAS-JET PLASMA

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作者
PERRY, MD
DARROW, C
COVERDALE, C
CRANE, JK
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[1] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, P.O. Box 808
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D O I
10.1364/OL.17.000523
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
By measuring the spectrum of the backscattered light from a short-pulse laser-produced plasma in a gas jet, a direct and highly accurate measurement of the local electron density can be obtained. The measurement is based on the density-dependent spectral shift of the backscattered Raman wave.
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