A diagnostic to measure neutral-atom density in fusion-research plasmas
- 1 September 2022
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 93 (9) , 093519
Abstract
A femtosecond two-photon-absorption laser-induced-fluorescence (TALIF) diagnostic was designed, installed, and operated on the Princeton-Field-Reversed Configuration-2 device to provide non-invasive measurements of the time and spatially resolved neutral-atom densities in its plasmas. Calibration of the Ho density was accomplished by comparison with Kr TALIF. Measurements on plasmas formed of either H2 or Kr fill gases allowed examination of nominally long and short ionization mean-free-path regimes. With multi-kW plasma heating and H2 fill gas, a spatially uniform Ho density of order 1017 m−3 was measured with better than ±2 mm and 10 µs resolution. Under similar plasma conditions but with Kr fill gas, a 3-fold decrease in the in-plasma Kr density was observed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (DE-AC02-09CH11466)
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