A Method for Measuring the Velocity of High Density Plasma

Abstract

The invention provides a method for measuring movement velocity of a high-density plasma and an optical system. On the basis of a principle of light refraction occurrence at a high-density-gradient plasma boundary, an optical system is designed to generate two light beams with incidence at small angles, wherein the directions of the two light beams are perpendicular to the movement direction of the plasma boundary; and a 4f system is used for imaging and separation of the two light beams: a first light beam and a delay beam is realized at a focal point of a first lens. When velocity measurement is carried out, some light of the first light beam is deflected at the boundary of the plasma in high-speed movement and the deflected light enters the optical system where the delay beam is located; an image of the boundary of the plasma at a corresponding time is displayed at a camera; after time delay of the delay beam, the shape and location of the plasma at the corresponding time are displayed at the camera; and average movement velocity information of the plasma boundary at a corresponding time interval can be obtained in a shadow image. With a laser shadow system, the velocity of the boundary of the plasma in high-speed movement can be obtained effectively; and the result is reasonable and accurate.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for measuring the velocity of high-density plasma based on the principle of laser shadow imaging. Background technique [0002] Laser shadow imaging is widely used in pulsed discharge plasma, high-energy laser-matter interaction, shock wave physics, and astrophysics. It is generally combined with laser schlieren and interference methods for optical diagnosis of the above processes to obtain clear physical The image and shadow imaging method can intuitively reflect the qualitative information such as the shape, position and instability development of the detection area. Its basic imaging principle is as figure 1 As shown, the object to be measured is placed on the focal point of lens a, and lens b is confocal with lens a, so that the shadow is imaged on the other focal point of lens b, and the ratio of image size is the ratio of focal lengths. [0003] In the study of high-power Z-pinch, gas or wire array, sleeve, etc...

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[0004] Laser shadows are usually used to visually reflect the Z-pinch ablation flow and the implosion process. In order to obtain the motion velocity of the high-density plasma boundary, at least two frames of shadow diagnosis must be used, and then the two images are post-processed according to the imaging ratio and In contrast, this method adds electronic equipment such as lenses and CCD cameras and time synchronization links, and is not intuitive enough

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