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Comparative electron density measurements for the refractive fringe diagnostic and Nomarski interferometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

R. Buccellato ,
P. F. Cunningham ,
M. M. Michaelis  and
A. Prause
R. Buccellato
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Institute, Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
P. F. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Institute, Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
M. M. Michaelis
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Institute, Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
A. Prause
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Institute, Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Abstract

Massive carbon targets were irradiated with a pulsed ruby laser and the laser-produced plasma electron densities were simultaneously evaluated using Nomarski interferometry and the refractive fringe diagnostic. An agreement of half an order of magnitude between the two diagnostics was obtained.

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 697 - 706
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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