Space and time resolved electron density and current measurements in a dense plasma focus Z-pinch

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1127-1137

  Qi, Niansheng ^a   Fulghum, Steven F ^a   Prasad, Rahul R ^a   Krishnan, Mahadevan ^a  

^a ALAMEDA APPLIED SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense plasma focus; Faraday rotation; Plasma refraction; Shearing interferometry; Z pinch plasma

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FUSION REACTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL ROTATION; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DENSITY; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

FARADAY ROTATION; PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES; SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY; Z PINCH PLASMAS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032141057     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725142     Document Type: Article

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