Nd:YAG laser Thomson scattering diagnostics for a laboratory magnetosphere.
Rev Sci Instrum
; 89(10): 10C101, 2018 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
A new NdYAG laser Thomson scattering (TS) system has been developed to explore the mechanism of high-beta plasma formation in the RT-1 device. The TS system is designed to measure electron temperatures (Te) from 10 eV to 50 keV and electron densities (ne) of more than 1.0 × 1017 m-3. To measure at the low-density limit, the receiving optics views the long scattering length (60 mm) using a bright optical system with both a large collection window (260-mm diameter) and large collection lenses (300-mm diameter, a solid angle of â¼68 × 10-3 str). The scattered light of the 1.2-J NdYAG laser (repetition frequency 10 Hz) is detected with a scattering angle of 90° and is transferred via a set of lenses and an optical fiber bundle to a polychromator. After Raman scattering measurement for the optical alignment and an absolute calibration, we successfully measured Te = 72.2 eV and ne = 0.43 × 1016 m-3 for the coil-supported case and Te = 79.2 eV and ne = 1.28 × 1016 m-3 for the coil-levitated case near the inner edge in the magnetospheric plasmas.
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Rev Sci Instrum
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2018
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Japão