A laser-excited optical resonator for electron density measurements on A Z-pinch plasma

A technique which employs a laser-excited optical resonator has been developed to measure the electron density distribution, both temporal and spatial, in the collapse stage of a fast Z-pinch discharge. The resonator device has an experimentally determined time resolution of better than 0.05 µsec a...

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Main Author: Medley, Sidney Sylvester
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36828