Published February 1987 | Version v1
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Simple time-resolving Thomson spectrometer

Creators

  • 1. Laboratory for Plasma and Fusion Energy Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Description

We describe a simple time-resolving Thomson spectrometer system which can provide the temporal information of ions produced by a pulsed source, in addition to the time-integrated information. The electric field in a conventional spectrometer is modulated by a time-varying field. It is shown that from the resulting spectrogram, the time-resolved quantities associated with the ions can be deduced. Experimental results with plasma focus produced ions are given as an example

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Rev. Sci. Instrum.
Journal Volume
58
Journal Issue
2
Series
Rev. Sci. Instrum.
Journal Page Range
240-244
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18052870
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAVY ION SPECTROMETERS; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; ION SPECTROSCOPY; MODULATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES; PULSE TECHNIQUES; SPECTROMETERS; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETERS
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TESTING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TIMING PROPERTIES