{"id":2854,"date":"2018-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/loft\/zafar-on-plasma-diagnostics-for-nuclear-fusion\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T23:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T23:51:28","slug":"zafar-on-plasma-diagnostics-for-nuclear-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/zafar-on-plasma-diagnostics-for-nuclear-fusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Zafar on plasma diagnostics for nuclear fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"podcast_meta\">\n<aside><div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"838\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Zafar-on-plasma-diagnostics-for-nuclear-fusion.mp3'>Zafar on plasma diagnostics for nuclear fusion<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/04\/Zafar-on-plasma-diagnostics-for-nuclear-fusion.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Zafar on plasma diagnostics for nuclear fusion\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Zafar on plasma diagnostics for nuclear fusion\\\" from The Spotlight Report by Zafar, Graves. Genre: Rock.\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Zafar, Graves\",\"album\":\"The Spotlight Report\",\"genre\":\"Rock\",\"length_formatted\":\"1:05:15\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"bdy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loft.optics.arizona.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/13119902_10153652790322075_784309406826161896_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2598\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/13119902_10153652790322075_784309406826161896_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Zafar in his lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nZafar in lab working on his experimental setup.<\/p>\n<p>This week we spoke with Abdullah Zafar, whose work focuses on diagnostics of plasma. Zafar discusses how optical spectroscopy can be used to study plasma effects and dynamics, which leads to a more robust understanding of plasma. There is some very interesting and cutting edge engineering at play in Zafar\u2019s work, allowing him to attain extremely high resolution high accuracy spectroscopic results of scans of a plasma field in only two dimensions. Further, we discuss current and future plasma applications, graduate school, and Zafar shares words of advice for those considering or in the early stages of their research career.<\/p>\n<p>References and Resources for this episode:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iter.org\/\">ITER<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zafar in lab working on his experimental setup. This week we spoke with Abdullah Zafar, whose work focuses on diagnostics of plasma. Zafar discusses how optical spectroscopy can be used to study plasma effects and dynamics, which leads to a more robust understanding of plasma. 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