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Liu DK, Ding WX, Mao WZ, Zhang QF, Fan FB, Sang LL, Lu QM, Xie JL. Development of Faraday rotation measurements on Keda Reconnection eXperiment (KRX) device. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:053516. [PMID: 34243235 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The Faraday-effect based polarimeter and interferometer are developed for non-perturbation magnetic field and density measurements on the Keda Reconnection eXperiment (KRX) device. The magnetic reconnection is externally driven by a pair of parallel current plates. To design this instrument and provide an alternative way to facilitate theory-experiment comparisons via forward modeling of the diagnostics process with full plasma dynamics given by simulation, we develop a synthetic diagnostics based on 2D photonic integrated circuit simulation for magnetic reconnection on the KRX. The view-line geometry is optimized and wavelengths (1 mm) of the polarimeter and interferometer are selected to ensure the sensitivity of measurement on the KRX. We have simulated magnetic reconnection on the x-line (x-z plane) with horizontal viewing and vertical viewing for line of sight measurements. It is found that the current sheet width and indicator of magnetic reconnection can be inferred directly from the dynamics of Faraday rotation even with the line-integrated character of polarimeter-interferometer diagnostics.
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Affiliation(s)
- D K Liu
- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Plasma Physics and Nuclear Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Geoscience Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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