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by sien 1824 days ago
These videos goes over various methods:

How do we measure 15 million degrees? (from Tokomak Energy (4:34)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77af1ZivgA&t=57s

And this longer one from UKAEA (55 minutes)

Hotter than the sun and lighter than air; measuring the extreme conditions of fusion plasma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vms8JEky-Bo

Spectroscopy and laser measurements and other measures are used.

The engineering and science in fusion research is amazing.