Iy. Skobelev et al., THE FIRST OBSERVATIONS OF LASER SATELLITES FROM PLASMA CREATED BY HIGH INTENSE LASER-PULSES, Physica scripta. T, T73, 1997, pp. 104-105
Laser satellites, i.e., spectral lines caused by non-linear interactio
n of strong laser radiation with multicharged ions, are observed for t
he first time. Their identification are carried out by comparison of b
oth experimental wavelengths and intensities with theoretical ones. It
is shown that observation of laser satellites allows to measure direc
tly the energies of ionic metastable states.