Laser Scattering from Dense Cesium Plasmas
- 15 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (15) , 1660-1663
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.1660
Abstract
The diagnosis of a dense, cold, laser-induced, metal-vapor plasma by laser scattering techniques is reported here for the first time. The scattered spectra obtained at 90° with scattering parameter showed evidence of temperature inhomogeneities and/or plasma-wave damping by electron-ion collisions. The total scattered-light intensity could be explained by inclusion of a Ray-leigh scattering contribution from the cesium blue wing. These results also represent the most non-Debye plasmas investigated to date by scattering.
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