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Zhou Y, Tong RH, Zhong WL, Tan Y, Jiang M, Shi ZB, Yang ZC, Shen YQ, Wen J, Liang AS. Quasi-optical design for the cross-polarization scattering diagnostic on the HL-3 tokamak. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:053507. [PMID: 38758767 DOI: 10.1063/5.0211022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
Abstract
As the plasma beta (β) increases in high-performance tokamaks, electromagnetic turbulence becomes more significant, potentially constraining their operational range. To investigate this turbulence, a cross-polarization scattering (CPS) diagnostic system is being developed on the HL-3 tokamak for simultaneous measurements of density and magnetic fluctuations. In this work, a quasi-optical system has been designed and analyzed for the Q-band CPS diagnostic. The system includes a lens group for beam waist size optimization, a rotatable wire-grid polarizer for polarization adjustment, and a reflector group for measurement range regulation and system response enhancement. Laboratory tests demonstrated a beam radius of order 4 cm at the target measurement location (near the plasma pedestal), cross-polarization isolation exceeding 30 dB, and poloidal and toroidal angle adjustment ranges of ±40° and ±15°, respectively. These results verify the system's feasibility through laboratory evaluations. The quasi-optical system has been installed on the HL-3 tokamak during the 2023 experimental campaign to support the development of CPS diagnostics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Y Zhou
- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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Rhodes TL, Michael CA, Shi P, Scannell R, Storment S, Pratt Q, Lantsov R, Fitzgerald I, Hall-Chen VH, Crocker NA, Peebles WA. Design elements and first data from a new Doppler backscattering system on the MAST-U spherical tokamak. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:113549. [PMID: 36461471 DOI: 10.1063/5.0101848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
A new Doppler backscattering (DBS) system has been installed and tested on the MAST-U spherical tokamak. It utilizes eight simultaneous fixed frequency probe beams (32.5, 35, 37.5, 40, 42.5, 45, 47.5, and 50 GHz). These frequencies provide a range of radial positions from the edge plasma to the core depending on plasma conditions. The system utilizes a combination of novel features to provide remote control of the probed density wavenumber, the launched polarization (X vs O-mode), and the angle of the launched DBS to match the magnetic field pitch angle. The range of accessible density turbulence wavenumbers (kθ) is reasonably large with normalized wavenumbers kθρs ranging from ≤0.5 to 9 (ion sound gyroradius ρs = 1 cm). This wavenumber range is relevant to a variety of instabilities believed to be important in establishing plasma transport (e.g., ion temperature gradient, trapped electron, electron temperature gradient, micro-tearing, kinetic ballooning modes). The system is specifically designed to address the requirement of density fluctuation wavevector alignment which can significantly reduce the SNR if not accounted for.
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- T L Rhodes
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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- UKAEA/CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, UK
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- UKAEA/CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, UK
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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- UKAEA/CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, UK
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90098, USA
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Damba J, Pratt Q, Hall-Chen VH, Hong R, Lantsov R, Ellis R, Rhodes TL. Evaluation of a new DIII-D Doppler backscattering system for higher wavenumber measurement and signal enhancement. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:103549. [PMID: 36319338 DOI: 10.1063/5.0101864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The high density fluctuation poloidal wavenumber, kθ (kθ > 8 cm-1, kθρs > 5, ρs is the ion gyro radius using the ion sound velocity), measurement capability of a new Doppler backscattering (DBS) system at the DIII-D tokamak has been experimentally evaluated. In DBS, wavenumber (k) matching becomes more important at higher wavenumbers, owing to the exponential dependence of the measured signal loss factor on wave vector mismatch. Wave vector matching allows for the Bragg scattering condition to be satisfied, which minimizes the signal loss at higher k's. In the previous DBS system, without toroidal wave vector matching, the measured DBS signal-to-noise ratio at higher kθ (>8 cm-1) is substantially reduced, making it difficult to measure higher kθ turbulence. The new DBS system has been optimized to access higher wavenumber, kθ ≤ 20 cm-1, density turbulence measurement. The optimization hardware addresses fluctuation wave vector matching using toroidal steering of the launch mirror to produce a backscattered signal with improved intensity. The probe's sensitivity to high-k density fluctuations has been increased by approximately an order of magnitude compared to the old system that has been in use at DIII-D. Note that typical measurement locations are above or below the tokamak midplane on the low field side with normalized radial ranges of 0.5-1.0. The new DBS probe system with the toroidal matching of fluctuation wave vectors is thought to be critical to understanding high-k turbulent transport in fusion-relevant research at DIII-D.
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- J Damba
- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore 138632
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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