A prototype diagnostics system to detect ultraviolet emission for plasma turbulence
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Investigation of Early Plasma Evolution Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Published on: July 2, 2012
T Onchi1, A Fujisawa1, A Sanpei2
1Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, 6-1, Kasuga Kohen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan.
Abstract:
A system to detect ultraviolet emissions from plasma is developed for multi-point measurement, the target of which is the imaging of turbulence with a high temporal resolution. A fluorescent glass, which converts ultraviolet emissions to visible light with a wavelength of approximately 540 nm, is utilized in the system. Following the conversion, the fluorescent light is transferred with fibre optics, and is converted to electric signals in a location that is sufficiently distant from an electrically noisy environment around the plasma device. This paper describes a prototype system of this diagnostic method and discusses the spectral analysis obtained using a low-aspect-ratio reversed field pinch RELAX.
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