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Title: Coherent microwave scattering from resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization (Radar REMPI): A review

Journal Article · · Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Coherent microwave scattering from laser-induced plasmas, including weakly ionized plasma, laser sparks, Multiphoton Ionization (MPI), and Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionizations (Radar REMPI) has achieved much successes in plasma, reactive and nonreactive flow diagnostics. Under illumination of microwaves (Radar), electrons inside the laser-induced plasma oscillate with the electric field of the microwave and re-radiate from the electrons forming coherent scattering. In the far-field approximation, the microwave scattering from the small volume plasma reflects the generation and evolution of unbounded electrons inside the plasma, when the microwave wavelength is much greater than the size of the plasma and the skin layer depth at the microwave frequency is larger than the size of the plasma. Laser excitation schemes, microwave detection methods, calibration of microwave scattering, and the novel applications of the technique have been significantly expanded and improved. Furthermore, this review paper summarizes physical principles, various REMPI excitation schemes for atomic and molecular species, and temperature measurements in plasma and reactive flows. Discussions on new research directions and applications are given at the end.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Contributing Organization:
NSF; ONR; DARPA; AFOSR
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-09CH11466; SC0021382
OSTI ID:
1818981
Journal Information:
Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 30, Issue 10; ISSN 0963-0252
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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