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DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.871190 |
Title | Plasma polarimetry for large Cotton--Mouton and Faraday effects |
Creator/Author | Segre, S.E. [Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Centro Ricerche Energia Frascati, C.P. 65-00044 Frascati, Rome (Italy)] |
Publication Date | 1995 Aug 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 165364 |
Other Number(s) | PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Physics of Plasmas ; VOL. 2 ; ISSUE: 8 ; PBD: Aug 1995 |
Subject | 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION ; POLARIMETRY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; BIREFRINGENCE; FARADAY EFFECT; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION |
Description/Abstract | A formalism is presented for treating plasma polarimetry when both the Cotton--Mouton and the Faraday effects are large. For this general case it is shown that, for each measuring chord, up to nine parameters related to the plasma can be determined, instead of the usual single Faraday rotation. These parameters can be measured by a convenient modulation of the polarization state of the input radiation, and they can be used in the reconstruction of the magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium. Thus, the potential of the polarimetric diagnostic can be significantly increased, and the range of plasma conditions where the latter can be used, is extended. The importance of refraction is discussed.{copyright}{ital 1995}{ital American}{ital Institute}{ital of}{ital Physics}. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | pp. 2908-2914 ; PL: |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 03 |
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