ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A method combining the techniques of laser blowoff and laser-induced fluorescence has been developed in order to measure the local electron density below 1013 cm−3. Characteristics of a Li0 beam produced by laser blowoff of a thin Li film are investigated using beam–plasma interactions and laser-induced fluorescence. Such a beam has a near-Maxwellian velocity distribution with a temperature around 4.5 eV and a density of the order of 1010 cm−3 at a distance of about 1 m from the film target. The feasibility of measuring electron density with this Li0 beam and a dye laser is demonstrated with an ECR plasma.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138260