Optical pyrometer system for collisionless shock experiments in high-power laser-produced plasmas

T. Morita, Y. Sakawa, Y. Kuramitsu, S. Dono, T. Ide, S. Shibata, H. Aoki, H. Tanji, T. Sano, A. Shiroshita, J. N. Waugh, C. D. Gregory, N. C. Woolsey, H. Takabe

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Abstract

A temporally and spatially resolved optical pyrometer system has been fielded on Gekko XII experiments. The system is based on the self-emission measurements with a gated optical imager (GOI) and a streaked optical pyrometer (SOP). Both detectors measure the intensity of the self-emission from laser-produced plasmas at the wavelength of 450 nm with a bandpass filter with a width of ∼10 nm in FWHM. The measurements were calibrated with different methods, and both results agreed with each other within 30 as previously reported [T. Morita, Astrophys. Space Sci. 336, 283 (2011)]10.1007/s10509-010- 0525-5. As a tool for measuring the properties of low-density plasmas, the system is applicable for the measurements of the electron temperature and density in collisionless shock experiments [Y. Kuramitsu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 175002 (2011)]10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.175002.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10D514
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume83
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation

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