A fast-sweep Langmuir probe （FSLP） diagnostic system was designed and applied to obtain the electron temperature fluctuations of a transient plasma. The diagnostic system consists of a single Langmuir probe driven b...A fast-sweep Langmuir probe （FSLP） diagnostic system was designed and applied to obtain the electron temperature fluctuations of a transient plasma. The diagnostic system consists of a single Langmuir probe driven by a high frequency sinusoidal voltage. The current-voltage I- V characteristics can be recorded by sweeping the voltage and measuring the current with an appropriate circuit. This new instrument is based on a dual channel circuit that compensates for stray capacitance. The current and voltage spectra were acquired from the probe synchronously by a digital oscilloscope. The aim of this work was to apply the FSLP diagnostic system to a time- dependent plasma generated by a hypervelocity impact between the LY12 Aluminum projectile and LY12 Aluminum target.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.10772028)
文摘A fast-sweep Langmuir probe （FSLP） diagnostic system was designed and applied to obtain the electron temperature fluctuations of a transient plasma. The diagnostic system consists of a single Langmuir probe driven by a high frequency sinusoidal voltage. The current-voltage I- V characteristics can be recorded by sweeping the voltage and measuring the current with an appropriate circuit. This new instrument is based on a dual channel circuit that compensates for stray capacitance. The current and voltage spectra were acquired from the probe synchronously by a digital oscilloscope. The aim of this work was to apply the FSLP diagnostic system to a time- dependent plasma generated by a hypervelocity impact between the LY12 Aluminum projectile and LY12 Aluminum target.
