MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-BEAM TRANSMISSION THROUGH A LARGE SCALELENGTH PLASMA

Authors
MOODY JD MACGOWAN BJ KIRKWOOD RK MONTGOMERY DS
Citation
Jd. Moody et al., MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-BEAM TRANSMISSION THROUGH A LARGE SCALELENGTH PLASMA, Review of scientific instruments, 68(4), 1997, pp. 1725-1729
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
68
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1725 - 1729
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1997)68:4<1725:MOHLTT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We describe an instrument used to measure the light transmitted throug h a large scalelength plasma. Light that passes through the plasma sca tters diffusely from a frosted silica scatter plate. An optical system images this scattered light onto several detectors which measure its spatial and temporal characteristics. Low and high dispersion spectral measurements of the transmitted light are made using optical fiber co llectors placed behind the scatter plate. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.