Status of the design of the ITER ECE diagnostic

The baseline design for the ITER electron cyclotron emission (ECE) diagnostic has entered the detailed preliminary design phase. Two plasma views are planned, a radial view and an oblique view that is sensitive to distortions in the electron momentum distribution near the average thermal momentum. B...

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Published in:EPJ Web of conferences 2015-01, Vol.87, p.3002-1-03002-7
Main Authors: Taylor, G., Austin, M. E., Beno, J. H., Danani, S., Ellis, R. F., Feder, R., Hesler, J. L., Hubbard, A. E., Johnson, D. W., Kumar, R., Kumar, S., Kumar, V., Ouroua, A., Pandya, H. K. B., Phillips, P. E., Roman, C., Rowan, W. L., Udintsev, V., Vayakis, G., Walsh, M.
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Language:English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Broadband
Calibration
Couplings
Cyclotrons
Design engineering
Diagnostic systems
Electron energy
Emission
Halls
Instrumentation
Instruments
Interferometers
Michelson interferometers
Millimeter waves
Product design
Radiation damage
Shutters
Spatial resolution
Temperature profiles
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Summary:The baseline design for the ITER electron cyclotron emission (ECE) diagnostic has entered the detailed preliminary design phase. Two plasma views are planned, a radial view and an oblique view that is sensitive to distortions in the electron momentum distribution near the average thermal momentum. Both views provide high spatial resolution electron temperature profiles when the momentum distribution remains Maxwellian. The ECE diagnostic system consists of the front-end optics, including two 1000 K calibration sources, in equatorial port plug EP9, the 70-1000 GHz transmission system from the front-end to the diagnostics hall, and the ECE instrumentation in the diagnostics hall. The baseline ECE instrumentation will include two Michelson interferometers that can simultaneously measure ordinary and extraordinary mode ECE from 70 to 1000 GHz, and two heterodyne radiometer systems, covering 122-230 GHz and 244-355 GHz. Significant design challenges include 1) developing highly-reliable 1000 K calibration sources and the associated shutters/mirrors, 2) providing compliant couplings between the front-end optics and the polarization splitter box that accommodate displacements of the vacuum vessel during plasma operations and bake out, 3) protecting components from damage due to stray ECH radiation and other intense millimeter wave emission and 4) providing the low-loss broadband transmission system.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/20158703002