Tomographic diffractometry of laser-induced plasma formations

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Hauptverfasser: Ostrovsky, Ivan, Hurvitz, Gilad, Bograd, Eli, Flaxer, Eli, Hazra, Soumitra, Fleischer, Sharly
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author Ostrovsky, Ivan
Hurvitz, Gilad
Bograd, Eli
Flaxer, Eli
Hazra, Soumitra
Fleischer, Sharly
author_facet Ostrovsky, Ivan
Hurvitz, Gilad
Bograd, Eli
Flaxer, Eli
Hazra, Soumitra
Fleischer, Sharly
contents A sensitive optical diffractometry method is developed and utilized for advanced tomography of laser-induced air plasma formations. Using transverse diffractometry and Supergaussian plasma distribution modelling we extract the main parameters of the plasma being the plasma density, width and shape with 20 micrometer spatial resolution throughout the plasma formation. The experimentally recorded diffraction patterns fitted by the Supergaussian plasma model are found to capture unprecedentedly delicate traits in the evolution of the plasma from its effective birth and on. Key features in the spatial evolution of the plasma such as the 'escape position', the 'turning point' and the refocusing dynamics of the beam are identified and explored in details. Our work provides experimental and theoretical access into the highly nonlinear dynamics of laser-induced air plasma.
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spellingShingle Tomographic diffractometry of laser-induced plasma formations
Ostrovsky, Ivan
Hurvitz, Gilad
Bograd, Eli
Flaxer, Eli
Hazra, Soumitra
Fleischer, Sharly
Plasma Physics
Optics
A sensitive optical diffractometry method is developed and utilized for advanced tomography of laser-induced air plasma formations. Using transverse diffractometry and Supergaussian plasma distribution modelling we extract the main parameters of the plasma being the plasma density, width and shape with 20 micrometer spatial resolution throughout the plasma formation. The experimentally recorded diffraction patterns fitted by the Supergaussian plasma model are found to capture unprecedentedly delicate traits in the evolution of the plasma from its effective birth and on. Key features in the spatial evolution of the plasma such as the 'escape position', the 'turning point' and the refocusing dynamics of the beam are identified and explored in details. Our work provides experimental and theoretical access into the highly nonlinear dynamics of laser-induced air plasma.
title Tomographic diffractometry of laser-induced plasma formations
topic Plasma Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02772