A novel technique for measurement of self-generated magnetic fields and the plasma density in laser produced plasmas from the Faraday rotation using two color probes

Diagnostic information about the self-generated magnetic fields (SGMF) generated in laser produced plasmas is normally obtained by measuring the Faraday rotation angle (FRA) of a linearly polarized laser probe beam passing through the plasma. Simultaneous recording of the corresponding interferogram is required to get the density information necessary for estimating the magnetic field. The problem with this method is that the visibility of the fringes in the interferogram can be poor, and the SGMF cannot be calculated in the regions where the interference fringes are not observable. In this paper, we propose a new method to obtain the density distribution and the SGMF from two simultaneous measurements of FRA using two probe beams of different colors, which allows one to calculate the SGMF without the need of interferometry.