Title :
Laser shearing interferometer for space- and time-resolved imploding z-pinch plasmas
Author :
Qi, N. ; Schein, J. ; Prasad, R. Raghu ; Krishnan, Mohan ; Weber, B.V. ; Moosman, B.G. ; Mosher, D. ; Commisso, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Alameda Appl. Sci. Corp., San Leandro, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. This paper describes a laser shearing interferometer (LSI), for making spatially and temporally resolved measurements of the plasma density and current in an imploding z-pinch. Experiments were conducted on the /spl sim/700 kA Hawk accelerator at NRL. The results presented in this paper emphasize the functionality of the LSI. A companion paper presents a more detailed analysis of the density measurements.
Keywords :
Z pinch; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; 700 kA; Hawk accelerator; imploding z-pinch; laser shearing interferometer; plasma current; plasma density; space-resolved imploding z-pinch plasmas; time-resolved imploding z-pinch plasmas; Current measurement; Density measurement; Large scale integration; Laser noise; Laser theory; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Optical pulses; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Shearing;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2000. ICOPS 2000. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 27th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5982-8
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2000.855118
