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

Zhang, Zhili; Shneider, Mikhail; Miles, Richard B.

doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac2350

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

Journal Article · Mon Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Plasma Sources Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac2350· OSTI ID:1818981

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Contributing Organization:: AFOSR; DARPA; NSF; ONR

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; SC0021382

OSTI ID:: 1818981

Journal Information:: Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Journal Name: Plasma Sources Science and Technology Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 30; ISSN 0963-0252

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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