Infrared laser scattering system for plasma diagnostics
Abstract
The possibility of observing the collective scattering of infrared laser light from plasmas is discussed in terms of the laser power requirement, the necessary optical system and detector performance, and it is shown to be feasible with present-day techniques to get the ion temperature by means of a CO2 laser on theta pinch plasmas. Based on this estimate, the construction of the TEA CO2 laser and the preparations of the optical components have been begun; some preliminary results of these items are described.
- Publication:
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Kyushu University Research Institute Applied Mechanics Reports
- Pub Date:
- March 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975KyUAM..22..177M
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Applications;
- Light Scattering;
- Plasma Diagnostics;
- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Plasma Pinch;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Tea Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers