Influence of Rayleigh scattering on the ion feature of Thomson scattering spectrum from a partially stripped plasma

Abstract

Studied in this paper is the influence of Rayleigh scattering on the ion feature of the Thomson scattering spectrum from a partially stripped plasma. The result shows that the profile of the scattering spectrum is nearly the same as that of Thomson scattering with inclusion of Rayleigh scattering, but the intensity of the scattering signal may be remarkably different from that of Thomson scattering. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.