Abstract
Femtosecond laser–matter interaction can produce strongly magnetized dense plasmas via ultrafast ionization process. This paper proposes a diagnostic—which is not yet existing as far as we know—to prove the existence and to measure the strength of the quasistatic magnetic field in overdense plasma where the Faraday rotation method is not applicable. The method is based on the analysis of the propagation of a quasi-longitudinal right circular polarized electromagnetic probe wave, i.e., a whistler wave. The method is applicable when the quasistatic magnetic field is strong enough (some tens of megagauss) and the overdense plasma electron density not too high (ne⩽5×1022 cm−3).
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