ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
We have developed a diagnostic for measuring the blackbody temperature of a dense plasma produced in a high power capillary discharge. This diagnostic can be described as a filtered x-ray pinhole framing camera. The camera consists of a stripline microchannel plate and a filtered pinhole array. The camera is capable of producing two-dimensional images with time and spectral resolution. We utilize this camera to measure the temperature of a dense optically thick plasma. The imaging also enables us to determine temperature profiles and spatial effects which cannot be determined with other methods such as filtered x-ray diodes. We will present a complete description of the camera, our procedure for using it, and results from the experiment we carried out.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1143488
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