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page 1Plasma diagnostics

interferometry
thumb|250px|Figure 1. The light path through a Michelson interferometer. The two light rays with a common source combine at the half-silvered mirror to reach the detector. They may either interfere constructively (strengthening in intensity) if their light waves arrive in phase, or interfere destructively (weakening in intensity) if they arrive out of phase, depending on the exact distances between the three mirrors.
Thomson scattering
scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a free charged particle
Faraday cup
metal (conductive) cup designed to catch charged particles in vacuum
Langmuir probe
device used to measure plasma
Laser-induced fluorescence
spectroscopic method
history of spectroscopy
aspect of history