P Sauvan et al 2009 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 195001 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/42/19/195001
P Sauvan1, E Dalimier2, E Oks3, O Renner4, S Weber5 and C Riconda2
Show affiliationsThe paper presents an advanced analysis of the experimental Al Heβ emission from aluminium plasma created by one ps-laser beam and then subjected to another ps-laser beam when the pulse of the first laser beam was already off. The paper has two equally important goals. The first goal is to present an overview of the general principles of spectroscopic diagnostics of plasmas containing a quasi-monochromatic electric field (QEF) and to clarify some erroneous/confusing statements in the theoretical literature. The second goal is to model spectroscopic signatures of the strong QEF caused by the second laser beam in the plasma and thus to provide an adequate interpretation of the experimental spectral line profiles. The second goal has been achieved via advanced simulations coupling the code based on the Floquet–Liouville formalism with the particle-in-cell kinetic code that provides a spatial distribution of the QEF in the plasma. In this way—by using ultra-high resolution K-shell spectroscopy—the paper has established a link between two research communities: the one dealing with laser–plasma interactions and the other one dealing with atomic processes in plasmas.
52.70.-m Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation
52.38.-r Laser-plasma interactions
52.65.Rr Particle-in-cell method
52.35.Fp Electrostatic waves and oscillations (e.g., ion-acoustic waves)
Issue 19 (14 October 2009)
Received 11 July 2009, in final form 10 August 2009
Published 22 September 2009
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