Abstract

A high speed photography arrangement with a resolution power of 3 nsec is described which permits obtaining shadow and schlieren photography and also interferometry. Such an arrangement was applied to the investigation of microplasma production by laser beam on the surface of a solid target. Shock wave velocities as high as 200 km/sec were registered and the electron density distribution in a plasma was defined.

© 1967 Optical Society of America

Plasma Diagnostics by Spectroscopic Methods

David Robinson and Peter D. Lenn
Appl. Opt. 6(6) 983-1000 (1967)

Schlieren-Cinematographic and Holographic Diagnostic of a Laser-Produced Plasma in Xenon

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Fracional–Fringe Holographic Plasma Interferometry

F. C. Jahoda, R. A. Jeffries, and G. A. Sawyer
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The Potential of Present Day Lasers as Scientific Probes for Investigating the Structure of Matter, Using an Exponenial Amplifier

J. L. Hughes
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Optical Measurement of Plasma Densities in a Large Theta-Pinch

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