3-CHANNEL POLARIMETER FOR MEASURING THE POLARIZATION OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVE PROBING A LASER-PLASMA

Authors
KASYANOV YS SARKISOV GS SHIKANOV AS
Citation
Ys. Kasyanov et al., 3-CHANNEL POLARIMETER FOR MEASURING THE POLARIZATION OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVE PROBING A LASER-PLASMA, Instruments and experimental techniques, 37(6), 1994, pp. 761-765
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Instruments and experimental techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
761 - 765
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1994)37:6<761:3PFMTP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The optic layout of a three-channel polarimeter designed to measure th e polarization of an electromagnetic wave probing laser-produced plasm a is described. The space resolution is similar to 5 mu m, and the con trast sensitivity similar to 10(-4). The polarimeter has been used on a plasma produced by the second harmonic of a Nd laser at a power dens ity of similar to 10(15) W/cm(2). The experimental data demonstrate th at the polarization plane is rotated due to the Faraday effect. No inf luence of the electron density gradient on the probe beam's polarizati on has been detected.