Improvements to a high-frequency fiber-optic system for plasma diagnostics
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 ..mu..s 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.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); EG and G, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (USA); EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6457170
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-81-2136; CONF-810810-18; ON: DE81028741; TRN: 81-014178
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SPIE international symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, 24 Aug 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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