A line-of-sight electron cyclotron emission receiver for electron cyclotron resonance heating feedback control of tearing modes

A line-of-sight electron cyclotron emission receiver for electron cyclotron resonance heating feedback control of tearing modes.

An electron cyclotron emission (ECE) receiver inside the electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) transmission line has been brought into operation. The ECE is extracted by placing a quartz plate acting as a Fabry-Perot interferometer under an angle inside the electron cyclotron wave (ECW) beam. ECE measurements are obtained during high power ECRH operation. This demonstrates the successful ...

Dynamics of tearing modes during strong electron cyclotron heating on the FTU tokamak.

The localized electron cyclotron resonance heating power that can suppress sawteeth reconnection often drives m = 2 tearing modes in a tokamak operating at constant current. The dynamics of mode onset and coupled mode evolution is described in detail and compared with a nonlinear theoretical model that identifies the effects of mode coupling, finite inertia of the rotating islands, and wall bra...

Electron-Cyclotron-Maser Observable Modes

We investigated wave amplification through the Electron-Cyclotron-Masermechanism. We calculated absorption and emission coefficients without any approximations, also taking into account absorption by the ambient thermal plasma. A power-law energy distribution for the fast electrons was used, as is indicated by X-ray and microwave observations. We developed a model for the saturation length and ...

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source