Monthly Archives: February 2023

Measuring Plasma Temperature and Density in the Tokamak Reactor

Using highly stable single-line CO2 lasers from Access Laser to measure plasma density and temperature in tokamak fusion experiments is one of many exciting, cutting-edge applications. Watch this video showing this exciting application in fusion research. About Access Laser For more than twenty years, Access Laser has provided research and industry with application-specific CO2 laser solutions for cutting-edge … Continue reading

19-Feb-2023 Access Laser, Blog, Lasers

Measuring Turbine Speed

A previous PHILTEC Application Note “Bending Light“ showed that the light beam emitted from a fiber optic probe can be redirected to a different emission angle by polishing the fibers at an angle to the probe axis. A new customer wanted to measure turbine speed by sensing the passage of 1 mm thick blades. 1-mm thick … Continue reading

15-Feb-2023 Blog, Detectors, PHILTEC

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