Faraday-effect polarimeter diagnostic for internal magnetic field fluctuation measurements in DIII-D

Autor: Weixing Ding, D. Taussig, D. L. Brower, Jie Chen, R. L. Boivin, D. K. Finkenthal, Christopher Muscatello
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: The Review of scientific instruments. 87(11)
ISSN: 1089-7623
Popis: Motivated by the need to measure fast equilibrium temporal dynamics, non-axisymmetric structures, and core magnetic fluctuations (coherent and broadband), a three-chord Faraday-effect polarimeter-interferometer system with fast time response and high phase resolution has recently been installed on the DIII-D tokamak. A novel detection scheme utilizing two probe beams and two detectors for each chord results in reduced phase noise and increased time response [δb ∼ 1G with up to 3 MHz bandwidth]. First measurement results were obtained during the recent DIII-D experimental campaign. Simultaneous Faraday and density measurements have been successfully demonstrated and high-frequency, up to 100 kHz, Faraday-effect perturbations have been observed. Preliminary comparisons with EFIT are used to validate diagnostic performance. Principle of the diagnostic and first experimental results is presented.
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