Millimeter wave Diagnostic Capability on TCV

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Abstract

TCV has a large set of millimetre wave diagnostics. Two 24 channel ECE heterodyne radiometers have been installed. Each has a line of sight perpendicular to the toroidal magnetic field. One radiometer views from the high-field side (HFS) while the second views from the low-field-side (LFS). Each device has two mixers and local oscillators and their associated IF instrumentation and video detection. In addition, a six channel correlation ECE (CECE) radiometer has been installed for measuring electron temperature fluctuations. The CECE radiometer has a high gain antenna that can be rotated in both the toroidal and poloidal planes. All of the radiometers can be attached to a vertical line of sight allowing measurement of ECE signals generated by supra-thermal electrons. A millimetre-wave transmission diagnostic is being commissioned for the measurement of the absorption of the ECRH power. A 300 GHz interferometer has been installed. It is optimised for use at density below 4x10$^{\mathrm{19}}$ m$^{\mathrm{-3}}$. Finally, a short pulse reflectometer is being installed and Doppler backscattering measurements have been made. All of these diagnostic systems will be described and their potential use will be detailed.

Authors

  • Laurie Porte

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland

  • Stefano Alberti

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland

  • Stefano Coda

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique F\'{e}d\'{e}rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Swiss Plasma Center, Switzerland

  • Basil Paul Duval

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

  • matteo fontana

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland

  • timothy goodman

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland

  • Pedro Molina-Cabrera

    Swiss Plasma Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne SB Station 13 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland