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- Title
Microwave Measurements of the Time Evolution of Electron Density in the T-11M Tokamak.
- Authors
Petrov, V. G.; Petrov, A. A.; Malyshev, A. Yu.; Markov, V. K.; Babarykin, A. V.
- Abstract
Unambiguous diagnostics intended for measuring the time behavior of the electron density and monitoring the line-averaged plasma density in the T-11M tokamak are described. The time behavior of the plasma density in the T-11M tokamak is measured by a multichannel phase-jump-free microwave polarization interferometer based on the Cotton–Mouton effect. After increasing the number of simultaneously operating interferometer channels and enhancing the sensitivity of measurements, it became possible to measure the time evolution of the plasma density profile in the T-11M tokamak. The first results from such measurements in various operating regimes of the T-11M tokamak are presented. The measurement and data processing techniques are described, the measurement errors are analyzed, and the results obtained are discussed. We propose using a pulsed time-of-flight refractometer to monitor the average plasma density in the T-11M tokamak. The refractometer emits nanosecond microwave probing pulses with a carrier frequency that is higher than the plasma frequency and, thus, operates in the transmission mode. A version of the instrument has been developed with a carrier frequency of 140 GHz, which allows one to measure the average density in regimes with a nominal T-11M plasma density of (3–5) ×10[sup 13]cm[sup –3]. Results are presented from the first measurements of the average density in the T-11M tokamak with the help of a pulsed time-of-flight refractometer by probing the plasma in the equatorial plane in a regime with the reflection of the probing radiation from the inner wall of the vacuum chamber. © 2004 MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica”.
- Subjects
PLASMA gases; IONIZED gases; LASER-plasma interactions; TOKAMAKS; PINCH effect (Physics); TRAPPED-particle instabilities; PHYSICS; PHYSICAL sciences
- Publication
Plasma Physics Reports, 2004, Vol 30, Issue 2, p111
- ISSN
1063-780X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/1.1648935