Interferometric determination of the electron density in a high-pressure xenon lamp with a holographic optical element

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 5896-5903

  Widmann, K ^a,b   Pretzler, G ^a,c   Woisetschlager J ^a   Philipp, H ^a,d   Neger, T ^a   Jager H ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron density; High pressure xenon lamp; Holographic interferometry; Holographic optical element; Plasma diagnostic; Two wavelength interferometry

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; LENSES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

ASTIGMATISM; HIGH PRESSURE XENON LAMP; RAY TRACING METHOD; TWO WAVELENGTH INTERFEROMETRY; WAVE FRONT MATCHING APPROACH;

HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

EID: 0030263750     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005896     Document Type: Article

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