Author: Henri Weisen
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Pages : 12

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Author: Henri Weisen (Physicien)
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Author: Henri Weisen
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Pages : 12

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Pages : 9

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A novel imaging diagnostic has recently become operational on the DIII-D tokamak for the study of density fluctuations at the outer edge of the plasma. The phase contrast imaging approach overcomes the limitations of conventional scattering techniques in the spectral range of interest for transport-related phenomena, by allowing detection of long wavelength modes (up to 7.6 cm) with excellent spatial resolution (5 mm) in the radial direction. Additional motivation for the diagnostic is provided by wave-plasma interactions during heating and current drive experiments in the Ion Cyclotron range of frequencies. Density perturbations of 4 x 107 cm−3 with a 1 MHz bandwidth can be resolved. The diagnostic employs a 7.6 cm diameter CO2 laser beam launched vertically across the plasma edge. An image of the plasma is then created on a 16-element detector array: the detector signals are directly proportional to the density fluctuations integrated along each chord. Wavelengths and correlation lengths can be inferred from the spatial mapping. The phase contrast method and its application to DIII-D are described and tests and first plasma data are presented.

Author: Alexander Mazurenko
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Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Phase Contrast Imaging (PCI) is a new diagnostic that was built for the Alcator C-Mod tokamak. It measures line-integrated (along 12 vertical chords) plasma density perturbations with good temporal (2-500 kHz) and wavenumber (0.5-12 /cm) resolution. The Quasi-Coherent (QC) fluctuation mode was studied using the PCI and other diagnostics. The mode was found to cause fluctuation of density, electric and magnetic field in the plasma edge with typical frequency of 100 kHz and typical poloidal wavenumber of about 5/cm. The mode was found to be responsible for confinement properties of the "Enhanced D-alpha H-mode" (a particularly favorable regime of tokamak operation). Through numerical modeling, the physical origin of the fluctuations was tentatively identified as "resistive X-point" mode (a kind of resistive ballooning mode strongly affected by the X-point configuration of magnetic field lines). The PCI system has been upgraded to detect waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF, 40-80 MHz) by means of optical heterodyning - a technique based on modulation of the diagnostic laser beam near the wave frequency. The upgraded system was then used to study propagation of the Fast Magnetosonic Waves. These waves, which have never been measured in detail in past experiments, are being used to heat the tokamak plasma at the megawatt power level. The measured results were compared to the simple cold-plasma dispersion relation and to predictions of the full-wave 3D numerical modeling.

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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 782

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Category : Controlled fusion
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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A CO[sub 2]-laser imaging diagnostic measures the vertical line integrals of the density fluctuations at 16 radial locations within a 7.6-cm-wide region at the outer edge of the DIII-D tokamak. The phase-contrast technique provides a flat response to wave numbers in the range 1--16 cm[sup[minus]1] and is mostly sensitive to radial wave vectors. This last property ensures that fluctuations are detected essentially in the plasma frame, since the E x B drift associated with the radial electric field is mainly in the poloidal direction. The radial resolution is 0.5 cm, the data acquisition bandwidth is 1 MHz, and the density sensitivity is on the order of 10[sup 9] cm[sup[minus]3]. The DIII-D Phase Contrast Imaging (PCI) diagnostic has been employed in the study of plasma turbulence, particularly at the transition from L- to H-mode. Past work has shown that the average amplitude of the line-integrated fluctuations in the plasma is reduced at the onset of the H-mode, in agreement with measurements by other diagnostics in DIII-D and elsewhere. In this paper the authors report on measurements of turbulence carried out during a study of low-power L- to H-mode transitions. As the input power approaches the threshold for H-mode, the transition occurs on a progressively slower time scale. The new results are consistent with past observations in L-mode and in the fully developed H-mode; novel features emerge, however, in the transient phase immediately following the transition. The phenomenology of these events, which lack a theoretical explanation at present, will be discussed in the next section.

Author: Eric Alan Nelson-Melby
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Pages : 8

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Direct observation of ICRF (%7E80 MHz) waves (with perpendicular wave numbers from 0.5 cm-1 to 10 cm-1) is now possible in Alcator C-Mod using an optical heterodyne technique on the Phase Contrast Imaging (PCI) system, which uses a CO2 laser to observe electron density fluctuations. The PCI observations are vertical chord averages, so the full-wave ICRF code TORIC [M. Brambilla, Nucl. Fusion 38, 1805-1817 (1998)] has been used to simulate the wave fields in these plasmas to aid interpretation. Mode-converted ion Bernstein waves (IBW) in plasmas composed of H, D and 3He at 6 T have been observed at both high (800 kA) and low (400 kA) current. The fast magnetosonic wave launched from the low-field side has been observed in high density (%7E5 x 1020 m-3) D(H) plasmas with off-axis ICRH at 4.5 T. Comparison between PCI measurements and code results will be presented. Measured wave numbers are in good agreement with the local dispersion relations for both kinds of waves.

Author: John Sheffield
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0080952038
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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This work presents one of the most powerful methods of plasma diagnosis in exquisite detail, to guide researchers in the theory and measurement techniques of light scattering in plasmas. Light scattering in plasmas is essential in the research and development of fusion energy, environmental solutions, and electronics.Referred to as the "Bible" by researchers, the work encompasses fusion and industrial applications essential in plasma research. It is the only comprehensive resource specific to the plasma scattering technique. It provides a wide-range of experimental examples and discussion of their principles with worked examples to assist researchers in applying the theory. - Computing techniques for solving basic equations helps researchers compare data to the actual experiment - New material on advances on the experimental side, such as the application of high density plasmas of inertial fusion - Worked out examples of the scattering technique for easier comprehension of theory