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Laser-plasma interaction properties through second harmonic generation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

S. Abdelli ,
A. Khalfaoui ,
T. Kerdja  and
D. Ghobrini
S. Abdelli
Affiliation:
MDRTE/CDTA, 2 Bd Frantz Fanon, Bp 1017Alger-gareAlgeria
A. Khalfaoui
Affiliation:
MDRTE/CDTA, 2 Bd Frantz Fanon, Bp 1017Alger-gareAlgeria
T. Kerdja
Affiliation:
MDRTE/CDTA, 2 Bd Frantz Fanon, Bp 1017Alger-gareAlgeria
D. Ghobrini
Affiliation:
MDRTE/CDTA, 2 Bd Frantz Fanon, Bp 1017Alger-gareAlgeria
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Abstract

An experimental analysis is conducted to visualize sidescattered second harmonic spectra originating from the critical surface of a plasma produced from a 1, 064-nm laser beam. It is shown that longitudinal and transverse wave-scattering mechanisms producing the second harmonic may also alter the local plasma parameters. These irregular plasma parameter variations and the perturbed spatial uniformity of the incident laser beam can, in turn, be visualized through the second harmonic behavior. This work confirms the origin of the second harmonic production in an inhomogeneous plasma. Time evolution of the optical density of this harmonic showed spectral shifts due to the Doppler effect related to the critical surface dynamics. On the time-integrated spectra, shifted secondary peaks have been observed, indicating that the second harmonic takes its origin also from parametric decay as well as electron decay instability. Other properties of the interaction physics are deduced from the present second harmonic study.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 629 - 637
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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