Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based recording system for WACO

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6775281

Woerner, R

EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Los Alamos Operations (LAO) designed and built a Mach-Zehnder-interferometer-based recording system to record low-bandwidth pulses. This work was undertaken at the request of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, P-14 Fast Transient Plasma Measurement group. The system was fielded on WACO and its performance compared with that of a conventional recording system fielded on the same event. The results of the fielding showed that for low bandwidth applications like the WACO experiment, the M-Z-based system provides the same data quality and dynamic range as the conventional oscilloscope system, but it is far less complex and uses fewer recorders. 4 figs.

• Research Organization: EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (USA). Los Alamos Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-88NV10617
• OSTI ID: 6775281
• Report Number(s): EGG-10617-5005; ON: DE88013027
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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