FIRST OPTICAL OBSERVATION OF INTENSITY-DEPENDENT LASER-BEAM DEFLECTION IN A FLOWING PLASMA

Authors
MOODY JD MACGOWAN BJ HINKEL DE KRUER WL WILLIAMS EA ESTABROOK K BERGER RL KIRKWOOD RK MONTGOMERY DS SHEPARD TD
Citation
Jd. Moody et al., FIRST OPTICAL OBSERVATION OF INTENSITY-DEPENDENT LASER-BEAM DEFLECTION IN A FLOWING PLASMA, Physical review letters, 77(7), 1996, pp. 1294-1297
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1294 - 1297
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:7<1294:FOOOIL>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The intensity dependent deflection of a laser beam traversing an explo ding foil plasma is measured for the first time. An incident f/8 probe beam exhibits deflection of up to 6 degrees and angular spreading of as much as a 17 degrees cone angle (f/3.3) as it exits a preformed pla sma with significant plasma flow.