F. Chen, Introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion, Bibliography, 1974.

J. Sheffield, Plasma Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation, 1975.

J. Friichtenicht, Laser???generated pulsed atomic beams, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol.45, issue.1, p.51, 1974.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1686447

W. M. Steen, Laser material processing, 2003.

S. J. Gitomer and R. D. Jones, Laser-produced plasmas in medicine, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol.19, issue.6, p.1209, 1991.
DOI : 10.1109/27.125042

D. B. Chrisey and G. K. Hubler, Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films, 2003.

P. E. Dyer, A. Issa, and P. Key, Spectroscopic and ion probe measurements of KrF laser ablated Y???Ba???Cu???O bulk samples, Applied Physics Letters, vol.53, issue.6, p.534, 1988.
DOI : 10.1063/1.100628

H. F. Sakeek, M. Higgins, W. G. Graham, T. Morrow, R. J. Turner et al., thin films on MgO by KrF laser ablation: Optimization of deposition parameters, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.70, issue.4, p.2455, 1991.
DOI : 10.1063/1.349398

G. W. Martin, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1999.

L. A. Doyle, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1999.

G. Martin, I. Weaver, T. P. Williamson, A. H. El-astal, D. Riley et al., Study of ground-state titanium ion velocity distributions in laser-produced plasma plumes, Applied Physics Letters, vol.74, issue.23, p.3465, 1999.
DOI : 10.1063/1.124129

T. P. Williamson, The Queen's University of Belfast, 2001.

C. Mckenna, The Queen's University of Belfast, 2007.

S. Amoruso, R. Bruzzese, N. Spinelli, and R. Velotta, Characterization of laser-ablation plasmas, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol.32, issue.14, p.131, 1999.
DOI : 10.1088/0953-4075/32/14/201

I. Weaver and C. L. Lewis, Polar distribution of ablated atomic material during the pulsed laser deposition of Cu in vacuum: Dependence on focused laser spot size and power density, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.79, issue.9, p.7216, 1996.
DOI : 10.1063/1.361437

L. Shott, Plasma Diagnostics, Chapter 11: Electrical probes, 1968.

R. E. Walkup, J. M. Jasinski, and R. W. Dreyfus, Studies of excimer laser ablation of solids using a Michelson interferometer, Applied Physics Letters, vol.48, issue.24, p.1690, 1986.
DOI : 10.1063/1.96807

A. A. Offenberger and R. D. Kerr, Laser Interferometry and Absorption, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.43, issue.2, p.354, 1972.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1661120

M. D. Bowden, Y. Goto, H. Yanaga, P. Howarth, K. Uchino et al., A Thomson scattering diagnostic system for measurement of electron properties of processing plasmas, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, vol.8, issue.2, p.203, 1999.
DOI : 10.1088/0963-0252/8/2/002

C. Thompson, The Queen's University of Belfast, 2000.

G. Craig, The Queen's University of Belfast, 2003.

S. A. Moshkaylov, Diagnostic of rf discharge plasma by Thomson scattering with gated intensified charge coupled device detectors, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol.18, issue.4, p.1395, 2000.
DOI : 10.1116/1.582361

A. Bogaerts, Z. Chen, R. Gijbels, and A. Vertes, Laser ablation for analytical sampling: what can we learn from modeling?, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, vol.58, issue.11, p.1867, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/j.sab.2003.08.004

M. V. Allmen and A. Blatter, Laser-beam interaction with materials, 1995.

H. E. Friedrich and B. L. Mordike, Magnesium Technology -Metallurgy , Design Data, Applications, 2006.

H. L. Spindler, R. M. Gilgenbach, and L. , Effects of laser???ablation target damage on particulate production investigated by laser scattering with deposited thin film and target analysis, Applied Physics Letters, vol.68, issue.23, p.3245, 1996.
DOI : 10.1063/1.116562

J. Ready, Effects Due to Absorption of Laser Radiation, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.36, issue.2, p.462, 1965.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1714012

R. K. Singh and . Narayan, Pulsed-laser evaporation technique for deposition of thin films: Physics and theoretical model, Physical Review B, vol.41, issue.13, p.8843, 1990.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.41.8843

D. I. Rosen, J. Mitteldorf, G. Kothandaraman, A. N. Pirri, and P. , Coupling of pulsed 0.35?????m laser radiation to aluminum alloys, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.53, issue.4, p.3190, 1982.
DOI : 10.1063/1.331018

P. T. Rumsby and J. W. Paul, Temperature and density of an expanding laser produced plasma, Plasma Physics, vol.16, issue.3, p.247, 1974.
DOI : 10.1088/0032-1028/16/3/002

Y. B. Zel-'dovich and Y. P. Raizer, Physics of shock waves and hightemperature hydrodynamic phenomena, 2002.

M. W. Stapleton, A. P. Mckiernan, and J. Mosnier, Expansion dynamics and equilibrium conditions in a laser ablation plume of lithium: Modeling and experiment, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.97, issue.6, p.64904, 2005.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1840099

S. I. Anisimov, D. Bauerle, and B. S. Luk-'yanchuk, Gas dynamics and film profiles in pulsed-laser deposition of materials, Physical Review B, vol.48, issue.16, p.12076, 1993.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.48.12076

T. E. Itina, J. Hermann, P. Delaporte, and M. Sentis, Laser-generated plasma plume expansion: Combined continuous-microscopic modeling, Physical Review E, vol.66, issue.6, p.66406, 2002.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.066406

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ujm-00377629

R. Kelly, Thermal sputtering as a gas-dynamic process, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol.46, issue.1-4, p.441, 1990.
DOI : 10.1016/0168-583X(90)90744-F

D. Salzmann, Atomic Physics in Hot Plasmas, 1998.

G. B. Ribicki and A. P. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, 1979.
DOI : 10.1002/9783527618170

R. W. Dreyfus, from excimer???ablated copper, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.69, issue.3, p.1721, 1991.
DOI : 10.1063/1.347218

A. C. Kolb and R. W. Mcwhirter, Ionization Rates and Power Loss from ??-Pinches by Impurity Radiation, Physics of Fluids, vol.7, issue.4, p.519, 1964.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1711232

A. Thum-jaeger, B. K. Sinha, and K. P. Rohr, Experimental investigations of quenching of ionization states in a freely expanding, recombining laser-produced plasma, Physical Review E, vol.61, issue.3, p.3063, 2000.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.3063

J. M. Shull and M. V. Steenberg, The ionization equilibrium of astrophysically abundant elements, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol.48, p.95, 1982.
DOI : 10.1086/190769

D. Riley, I. Weaver, T. Morrow, M. J. Lamb, G. W. Martin et al., Spectral simulation of laser ablated magnesium plasmas, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, vol.9, issue.3, p.270, 2000.
DOI : 10.1088/0963-0252/9/3/304

D. S. Belic, G. H. Dunn, T. J. Morgan, D. W. Mueller, and C. Timmer, Dielectronic Recombination: A Crossed-Beams Observation and Measurement of Cross Section, Physical Review Letters, vol.50, issue.5, p.339, 1983.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.339

J. Richter, Plasma Diagnostics, Chapter 1: Radiation of hot gases, 1968.

M. R. Zaghloul, M. A. Bourham, and J. M. Doster, A simple formulation and solution strategy of the Saha equation for ideal and nonideal plasmas, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol.33, issue.8, p.977, 2000.
DOI : 10.1088/0022-3727/33/8/314

H. Kunze, The Laser as a tool for plasma diagnostics, J. Plasma Diagnostics, Chapter, 1968.

G. Fiocco and E. Thompson, Thomson Scattering of Optical Radiation from an Electron Beam, Physical Review Letters, vol.10, issue.3, p.89, 1963.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.10.89

E. Funfer, B. Kronast, and H. Kunze, Experimental results on light scattering by a ??-pinch plasma using a ruby laser, Physics Letters, vol.5, issue.2, p.125, 1963.
DOI : 10.1016/S0375-9601(63)91940-6

R. Behn, ???switched ruby laser, Applied Physics Letters, vol.36, issue.5, p.363, 1980.
DOI : 10.1063/1.91488

H. Rohr, K. H. Steuer, G. Schramm, K. Hirsch, and H. Salzmann, First high-repetition-rate Thomson scattering for fusion plasmas, Nuclear Fusion, vol.22, issue.8, p.1099, 1982.
DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/22/8/012

S. H. Glenzer, Thomson scattering from laser plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, vol.6, issue.5, p.2117, 1999.
DOI : 10.1063/1.873499

G. Gregori, U. Kortshagen, J. Heberlein, and E. Pfender, Analysis of Thomson scattered light from an arc plasma jet, Physical Review E, vol.65, issue.4, p.46411, 2002.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.046411

Y. Izawa, T. Yamanaka, N. T. Yamanaka, and C. , Density Measurements of the Laser Produced Plasma by Lase Light Scattering, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol.7, issue.8, p.954, 1968.
DOI : 10.1143/JJAP.7.954

T. V. George, A. G. Englehar, and C. Demichelis, THOMSON SCATTERING DIAGNOSTICS OF LASER???PRODUCED ALUMINUM PLASMAS, Applied Physics Letters, vol.16, issue.6, p.248, 1970.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1653182

E. E. Salpeter, Electron Density Fluctuations in a Plasma, Physical Review, vol.120, issue.5, p.1528, 1960.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRev.120.1528

B. D. Fried and S. D. Conte, The plasma Dispersion Function, 1961.

C. L. Lewis, I. Weaver, L. A. Doyle, G. W. Martin, T. Morrow et al., Use of a random phase plate as a KrF laser beam homogenizer for thin film deposition applications, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol.70, issue.4, pp.2116-2121, 1999.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1149723

K. Muraoka, K. Uchino, and M. D. Bowden, Diagnostics of low-density glow discharge plasmas using Thomson scattering, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, vol.40, issue.7, p.1221, 1998.
DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/40/7/002

. Lambda-physik-gmbg and G. Gttingen, Excimer laser Instruction Manual

M. S. Qaisar and G. Pert, Laser ablation of Mg, Cu, and Pb using infrared and ultraviolet low-fluence lasers, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.94, issue.3, p.1468, 2003.
DOI : 10.1063/1.1586980

M. D. Bowden, Y. Goto, T. Hori, K. Uchino, K. Muraoka et al., Detection Limit of Laser Thomson Scattering for Low Density Discharge Plasmas, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol.38, issue.Part 1, No. 6A, p.3723, 1999.
DOI : 10.1143/JJAP.38.3723

D. Prosnitz and E. V. George, Emission Profiles of Laser-Induced Optical Satellite Lines in a Helium Plasma, Physical Review Letters, vol.32, issue.23, p.1282, 1974.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.1282

H. J. Kunze and H. R. Griem, Lines of Helium, Physical Review Letters, vol.21, issue.15, p.1048, 1968.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.1048

W. Lochte-holtgreven, Plasma Diagnostics, Chapter 3: Evaluation of plasma parameters, 1968.

A. H. El-astal and T. Morrow, Wavelength dependent refractive effects and Stark broadening in laser???induced YBa2Cu3Ox plasma plumes, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.80, issue.2, p.1156, 1996.
DOI : 10.1063/1.362853

M. A. Hafez, M. A. Khedr, F. F. Elaksher, and Y. Gamal, Characteristics of Cu plasma produced by a laser interaction with a solid target, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, vol.12, issue.2, p.185, 2003.
DOI : 10.1088/0963-0252/12/2/310

M. Aldenius, J. D. Tanner, S. J. Ryan, and S. G. , Experimental Mg I oscillator strengths and radiative lifetimes for astrophysical applications on metal-poor stars, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol.461, issue.2, p.767, 2007.
DOI : 10.1051/0004-6361:20066266

I. H. Hutchinson, Principles of plasma diagnostics, 1987.
DOI : 10.1017/CBO9780511613630

M. D. Bowden, M. Kogano, Y. Suetome, T. Hori, K. Uchino et al., Comparison of electron property measurements in an inductively coupled plasma made by Langmuir probe and laser Thomson scattering techniques, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol.17, issue.2, p.493, 1999.
DOI : 10.1116/1.581610