Far-infrared plasma reflectometry and instability detection
- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 43 (11), 4586-4590
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1660969
Abstract
A focused cyanide laser beam at 337 μ is used to study a steady‐state highly ionized plasma column operating at densities up to 1.5×1016 cm−3 in an axial magnetic field up to 10 kG. A reflectometer measures the energy reflected from the cutoff layer. A strong coherent m=1 instability in the plasma is detected by amplitude modulation of either an off‐axis transmitted beam or an on‐axis reflected beam. This technique allows electrodeless probing of the stability characteristics of a high‐energy‐density plasma.Keywords
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