A free-standing wire scattering technique to monitor calibration variations of the DIII-D density profile reflectometer

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Real-time phase calibration of the ITER profile reflectometer is essential due to the long plasma duration and expected waveguide path length changes during a discharge. Progress has been recently made in addressing this issue by employing a phase calibration technique on DIII-D that monitors calibration variations that occur during each plasma discharge. By installing a thin free-standing metallic wire (1 mm diameter) near the end of the overmoded waveguide transmission system (oriented perpendicular to the waveguide axis), the round-trip phase shift from the wire is detected simultaneously with the plasma phase shifts. Variations in the reflectometer round trip path length (similar to 26 m) are then calculated after each DIII-D plasma discharge, allowing the calibration phase to be accurately monitored and updated. The round-trip reflectometer path length is observed to vary by similar to 3 mm (root mean square value) during a typical DIII-D discharge. Using the variations in calibration phase, the density profile measurement accuracy can be improved. Since the wire retro-reflected power is similar to 0.01 of the plasma signal, minimal effect is observed on the reflected signal from the plasma. Importantly, through a suitable choice in wire diameter, the calibration signal can be made approximately independent of the V-band reflectometer launch polarization. This is particularly important on DIII-D since orthogonal X-and O-mode polarized beams are coupled into the same transmission waveguide and launch antenna. Published by AIP Publishing.
Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
Issue Date
2018-10
Language
English
Article Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Citation

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, v.89, no.10

ISSN
0034-6748
DOI
10.1063/1.5036581
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/272663
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NE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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