Improvements to a high-frequency fiber-optic system for plasma diagnostics
Ogle, J.W.; Lyons, P.B.; Looney, L.; Hocker, L.; Nelson, M.A.; Zagarino, P.A.; Davies, T.J.; Simmons, R.D.; Selk, R.; Hopkins, B.
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); EG and G, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (USA); EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA)1981
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); EG and G, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (USA); EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA)1981
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[en] A system for high-frequency recording of plasma diagnostics has previously been reported. Substantial improvements have been made in the system response, dynamic range, and calibration of the system. Plastic-clad silica fiber is used as a radiation-to-light converter using the Cerenkov process. A spectral equalizer device is used to compensate for the material dispersion in the fiber, increasing the frequency response (approx. = 1 GHz-km) and the dynamic range (a factor of > 20 over a FWHM 1 nm, 50% transmitting interference filter). The calibration system uses a pulsed injection laser diode (< 100 ps FWHM) injected into the fiber at the radiation end of the fiber and detected by a microchannel plate photomultiplier tube on the recording end. The injection laser diode is triggered by a synchronous trigger delay unit, which also triggers a sampling or real time scope after as much as 10 μs delay with < 50 ps jitter. The system improvements are described in detail and the utility of these components in other plasma diagnostic systems is discussed
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1981; 7 p; SPIE international symposium; San Diego, CA, USA; 24 - 28 Aug 1981; CONF-810810--18; Available from NTIS., PC A02/MF A01
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