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A matrix study of the transfer of polarized radiation in plasmas. Application to neon-like germanium lasers

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In order to solve the radiative-transfer equation for polarized beams propagating in plasmas a matrix approach is applied. The solution is the four-components Stokes vector, and the effect of the medium on the state of the radiation is represented by an amplification operator. Our approach is applied to the neon-like germanium 23.6 nm line, when a right-circularly polarized beam is injected into an amplifying plasma. The conditions governing the recovery of the initial polarization state are investigated over the entire spectrum of the output.

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  1. Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique et Ionique (URA 775 du CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, , , , , , FR

    D. Benredjem, H. Guennou, C. Möller & A. Sureau

  2. Laboratoire Atomes et Molécules en Astrophysique (URA 812 du CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France, , , , , , FR

    V. Bommier

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  1. D. Benredjem
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Received: 10 October 1997 / Revised: 12 January 1998 / Accepted: 27 January 1998

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Benredjem, D., Bommier, V., Guennou, H. et al. A matrix study of the transfer of polarized radiation in plasmas. Application to neon-like germanium lasers. Eur. Phys. J. D 2, 83–87 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050115

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