학술논문

Ultra-wide band radar reflectometer for measurment of plasma density profiles
Document Type
Conference
Source
2008 11th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology Communication Technology, 2008. ICCT 2008. 11th IEEE International Conference on. :313-315 Nov, 2008
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Radar measurements
Density measurement
Plasma measurements
Plasma density
Plasma confinement
Electromagnetic measurements
Reflectometry
Magnetic confinement
Plasma sources
Plasma waves
Ultrashort-pulse
Plasma diagnostics
Language
Abstract
Reflectometry is widely used to measure plasma density profiles and density fluctuations in magnetically confined plasmas. When the electromagnetic wave is launched into the plasma, the wave is reflected at the corresponding cutoff layer. Higher frequency wave reflects at the higher density layer. Therefore wide frequency band system is needed to obtain whole density profile. Ultrashort-pulse as a source is one of the candidates to achieve this, which is called ultrashort-pulse reflectometry (USPR). An USPR has been applied to Large Helical Device (LHD) at National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS). The system can be controlled from remote site via Internet called Super-SINET. This paper describes the USPR system and the reconstruction method of density profiles.