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Gilles Courret, Petri Nikkola, 24.11.2020

Project FNS Spark 'PycForce'
Pycnoclinic acoustic force effect on transport processes in
non-equilibrium plasmas

Mesures obtained 29.06.2012 at HEIG-VD, Yverdon, VD, Switzerland

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Acquistion device: Spectrum card

These files are named as follows: sync_pulse_[1-11].mat

The raw measurements obtained with the two Spectrum acquisition cards
integrated in the control PC of the experiment are recorded in these
files offering 4 synchronized channels. These data are saved in Matlab
*.mat type files. Each recording sequence corresponds to a different
file comprising the 4 channels, at the rate of one vector per
channel. These vectors are respectively the induced voltage
"mortIndEcrete" which cannot be used, the control voltage of the
"cardControl" pulses in volts, the voltage produced by the photodiode
placed downstream of the bulb with respect to the microwave flux
"photoAval", also in volt , and finally that of the photodiode placed
upstream "photoAmont", also in volts.

The acquisition frequency is 60 MHz.
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Acquistion device: Oscillo WaveRunner

These files are named as follows: C[1-4]seq000[0-3].trc

The raw measurements obtained with the Lecroy WaveRunner 44Xi
oscilloscope, comprising 4 acquisition channels. For each recording
sequence, the output of each channel is recorded in a separate file in
native binary *.trc format including the time recording. These files
can be read with the LeCroyReadBinary.m program, which the company
Teledyne Lecroy provided to us. They are named as follows: C "n1"
seq0000 "n2" .trc where "n1" designates the number of the channel
(from 1 to 4) and "n2" the number of the sequence (from 0 to 3). For
example, the file C2seq00003.trc corresponds to channel 2 and to
sequence 3. Channel C1 gives the voltage applied to the cathode (in
volts), channel C2 cannot be used, channel C3 records the control
voltage "cardControl" pulses in volts, and channel C4 records the
anode current consumed by the magnetron, in amperes.
      
The acquisition frequency is 10 MHz.
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Acquistion device: Panasonic DMC-FZ8 Camera

These files are named as follows: IMG_*.jpg

These are the photos of the plasma in the JPG format.

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Acquistion device: Spectro CAS140

These files are named as follows: Spectrum[0-4].ISD

The emission spectrum measurements made with a CAS140CT spectrometer
in the native format.