High spatial resolution Hall sensor array for edge plasma magnetic field measurements
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, New York 10027 (United States)
A one-dimensional, high-spatial resolution, 20-element Hall sensor array has been developed to directly measure the edge plasma perpendicular magnetic field and its fluctuations as a function of radius with 4-mm resolution. The array employs new small-area, high-sensitivity indium antimonide (InSb) Hall probes in combination with a high-density seven-layer printed circuit board to provide for connections to supply Hall current, record the measured Hall voltage output signals, and mitigate inductive pickup. A combination of bench and in situ measurements is described that provides absolute calibration of the diagnostic array in the presence of a strong transverse magnetic field component that is approximately 1000 times greater than the perpendicular fluctuating field needed to be resolved by the diagnostic. The Hall probes calibrated using this method are capable of magnetic field measurements with a sensitivity of 7 V/T over the frequency band from 0 to 20 kHz.
- OSTI ID:
- 20723125
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 76, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2018628; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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