Free space Thomson scattering to study high energy density shocks

Banasek, J. T.; Oliver, T. G.; Cordaro, S. W.; Bott-Suzuki, S. C.

doi:10.1063/5.0048615

Title: Free space Thomson scattering to study high energy density shocks

Journal Article · 31 August 2021 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0048615 · OSTI ID:1850361

^[1]; Oliver, T. G. ^[2];

^[2]; Bott-Suzuki, S. C. ^[2]

Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States); Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)

A free space collective Thomson scattering system has been developed to study pulsed power produced plasmas. While most Thomson scattering diagnostics on pulsed power machines use a bundle of fibers to couple scattered light from the plasma to the spectrometer, this system used free space coupling of the light, which enabled a spatially continuous image of the plasma. Initial experiments with this diagnostic were performed on an inverse wire array generated by a 200 kA, 1100 ns rise time pulse power generator. The capabilities of this diagnostic were demonstrated by using the low frequency ion acoustic wave feature of the Thomson scattering spectra to measure the plasma flow velocity. The diagnostic was demonstrated to measure velocities between 20 and 40 km/s with an error of 4.7 km/s when fitting with a 600 μm spatial resolution or 8.9 km/s when fitting with a 150 μm spatial resolution. In some experiments, the diagnostic observed a bow shock in the plasma flow as the scattering intensity increased and flow velocity decreased.

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Research Organization:: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003764

OSTI ID:: 1850361

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 92; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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