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Polarization diagnostics of plasma in an electric field

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A polarization diagnostics method for Stark states is presented, and it is applied to determining the electric field in a plasma. The theoretical basis of the method is given and the latter is compared with other spectroscopic methods. An apparatus is described for measuring the polarization characteristics of plasma radiation from pulsed discharges. Measurements were made in a beam-type plasma of the relative intensities of the λ=3964 and 4911 Å allowed and forbidden helium lines and of their degree of linear polarization. The results of the measurements were used to calculate the electric field distribution in the accelerating gap.

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    V. P. Demkin, B. V. Korolev & S. V. Mel'nichuk

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 1, pp. 26–33, January, 1995.

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Demkin, V.P., Korolev, B.V. & Mel'nichuk, S.V. Polarization diagnostics of plasma in an electric field. Russ Phys J 38, 20–26 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00559508

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