Plasma turbulence imaging using high-power laser Thomson scattering
The 2-D structure of plasma density turbulence in a magnetically confined plasma can potentially be measured using a Thomson scattering system made from components of the Nova laser of LLNL. For a plasma such as NSTX at PPPL, the laser would form an {approximately}10 cm wide plane sheet beam passing vertically through the chamber across the magnetic field. The scattered light would be imaged by a CCD camera viewing along the direction of the magnetic field. The laser energy required to make 2-D images of density turbulence is in the range 1--3 kJ, which can potentially be obtained from a set of frequency-doubled Nd:Glass amplifiers with diameters in the range of 208--315 mm. A laser pulse width of 100 nsec would be short enough to capture the highest spatial frequency components of the expected density fluctuations.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 757323
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-3461; TRN: US0003706
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 8 Jun 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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