The interaction of laser radiation with strongly coupled plasmas

Abstract

New results of measurements of s- and p-polarized reflectivity of nonideal plasma at the frequency of the external electromagnetic field ν las = 2.83 × 1014 s−1, free-electron number density n e = 3.3 × 1021 cm−3 (Coulomb nonideal plasma parameter Γ = 1.2) and n e = 5.2 × 1021 cm−3 (Γ = 1.4) are presented. These data are the result of the next stage of study of optics of a warm dense matter. We present a microscopic approach to describe the entire set of experimental data on the optics of strongly correlated plasma.