Published January 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Application of a digital phase comparator technique to interferometer data

  • 1. Electrical Engineering Department and Institute of Plasma and Fusion Research, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)
  • 2. Plasma Research Laboratory, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. (Australia)

Description

Substantial improvements have been made to increase the frequency bandwidth of the UCLA multichannel interferometer system on TEXT-Upgrade. Recently, a digital phase comparator technique was implemented that has several advantages over the conventional analog phase comparator. The probe and reference wave forms are directly digitized and the phase computed in software using a numerical demodulation algorithm. For the purpose of reducing the data load, aliasing of the laser difference frequency is employed to vary the time response according to experimental demands. copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 902-905.
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

Conference

Title
11. annual high-temperature plasma diagnostics conference.
Dates
12-16 May 1996.
Place
Monterey, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28039568
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SENSITIVITY; TEXT DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-960543--.