The inverse Faraday effect in plasma produced by circularly polarized laser light in the range of intensities 109–1014 W/cm2
1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 246; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0375-9601(98)00487-3
ISSN1873-2429
AutoresY. Horovitz, S. Eliezer, Z. Henis, Y. Paiss, E. Moshe, A. Ludmirsky, M. Werdiger, B. Arad, A. Zigler,
Tópico(s)Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
ResumoMeasurements of the axial magnetic field produced during the interaction of circularly polarized laser light with plasma are reported. The experiments were performed with a circularly polarized Nd:YAG laser, with a wavelength of 1.06 μm and a pulse duration of 7 ns, in a range of irradiances from 109 to 1014 W/cm2. Axial magnetic fields from 500 G up to 2.17 MG were measured. Up to 5 × 1013W/cm2 the results are in agreement with a nonlinear model of the inverse Faraday effect dominated by the ponderomotive force.
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