UV Laser-Probing Diagnostics for the Dense Z Pinch

• Published in: IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 1153 - 1162
• Main Authors: Ivanov, Vladimir V., Anderson, Austin A., Papp, Daniel, Talbot, Bjorn R., Chittenden, Jeremy P., Niasse, Nicolas, Begishev, Ildar A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.05.2014; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Arrays; Density; Diagnostics; Fluid mechanics; Kinetics; Laser beams; Lasers; Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHDs); Measurement by laser beam; Plasma; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; ultraviolet imaging; Ultraviolet radiation; Wires; plasma measurements; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHDs); ultraviolet imaging

Laser diagnostics at 266 nm were developed for the investigation of dense Z-pinch plasma at the 1 MA Zebra generator. A three-channel diagnostic can be configured as shadowgraphy and interferometry with two temporal frames or as a Faraday rotation polarimeter. Absorption and refraction of ultraviole...