Short-pulse laser interferometric measurement of absolute gas densities from a cooled gas jet

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Ditmire, T [1 ]
Smith, RA [1 ]
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[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
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10.1364/OL.23.000618
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report on the use of a novel technique to measure the gas density from a pulsed gas jet. Deuterium gas is fully ionized with an intense picosecond laser, and the resulting electron density is measured by interferometric probing with a second picosecond pulse. We have applied this technique to characterize a cryogenically cooled, high-density gas jet. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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