THE INVERSE FARADAY-EFFECT IN PLASMAS PRODUCED BY CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED LASER-LIGHT IN THE RANGE OF INTENSITIES 10(9)-10(14) W CM(2)/

Authors
HOROVITZ Y ELIEZER S HENIS Z PAISS Y MOSHE E LUDMIRSKY A WERDIGER M ARAD B ZIGLER A
Citation
Y. Horovitz et al., THE INVERSE FARADAY-EFFECT IN PLASMAS PRODUCED BY CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED LASER-LIGHT IN THE RANGE OF INTENSITIES 10(9)-10(14) W CM(2)/, Physics letters. A, 246(3-4), 1998, pp. 329-334
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
246
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
329 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1998)246:3-4<329:TIFIPP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Measurements of the axial magnetic field produced during the interacti on of circularly polarized laser light with plasma are reported. The e xperiments were performed with a circularly polarized Nd:YAG laser, wi th a wavelength of 1.06 mu m and a pulse duration of 7 ns, in a range of irradiances from 10(9) to 10(14) W/cm(2). Axial magnetic fields fro m 500 G up to 2.17 MG were measured. Up to 5 x 10(13) W/cm(2) the resu lts are in agreement with a nonlinear model of the inverse Faraday eff ect dominated by the ponderomotive force. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B. V.