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dc.contributor.advisor | Choueiri, Edgar Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Rojas Mata, Sebastián | |
dc.contributor.other | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-20T05:58:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-20T05:58:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01x633f410b | - |
dc.description.abstract | A probe-based diagnostic which uses harmonically-rich wave packets to measure the dispersion relation in low-temperature laboratory plasmas is presented. Dispersion relation measurements provide the necessary experimental verification for theoretical models describing plasma wave physics; however, existing techniques exhibit fundamental and technical drawbacks some of which the Active Wave Packet Injection (AWPI) seeks to address. Using a frequency-domain analysis of ion-saturation-current probe time traces, which uses coherence metrics to identify wave propagation and interferometry to calculate wavenumber as a function of frequency, the AWPI diagnostic is developed to measure dispersion relations simultaneously at multiple frequencies. A comb generating circuit is designed to excite harmonically-rich wave packets by producing tens of harmonics of an input square wave's fundamental frequency. A proof-of-concept implementation of the diagnostic is used to measure the dispersion relation of electrostatic ion-cyclotron waves in a 250 W magnetized RF plasma source. In an argon plasma, the diagnostic is used to measure the perpendicular propagation and decay of electrostatic ion-cyclotron waves with wavelengths greater than ~3 cm and characteristic decay length-scales of 4.5-6 cm. The nearly three dozen simultaneously measured wavenumbers agree with the prediction of a fluid plasma wave model for frequencies spanning 6 harmonics of the ion-cyclotron frequency (20-120 kHz). In a helium plasma, the diagnostic is used to measure the perpendicular and parallel propagation of the same wavemode with perpendicular wavelengths in the 1.4-3 cm range and a roughly constant parallel wavelength of 7.8 cm. Nearly five dozen simultaneously measured wavenumbers agree with the prediction of a kinetic plasma wave model for frequencies spanning 2 harmonics of the ion-cyclotron frequency (400-800 kHz). | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University | |
dc.relation.isformatof | The Mudd Manuscript Library retains one bound copy of each dissertation. Search for these copies in the library's main catalog: <a href=http://catalog.princeton.edu> catalog.princeton.edu </a> | |
dc.subject.classification | Plasma physics | |
dc.title | The Active Wave Packet Injection Diagnostic for Measuring Plasma Dispersion Relations | |
dc.type | Academic dissertations (Ph.D.) | |
Appears in Collections: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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