학술논문

Status and characterization of the lithium beam diagnostic on DIII-D.
Document Type
Article
Source
Review of Scientific Instruments. Aug2013, Vol. 84 Issue 8, p083503. 7p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 7 Graphs.
Subject
*ELECTRON density
*MAGNETIC fields
*DOPPLER effect
*FOURIER transforms
*EQUILIBRIUM
Language
ISSN
0034-6748
Abstract
The 30 keV lithium beam diagnostic on DIII-D is suitable to measure both the radial electron density and poloidal magnetic field profiles in the pedestal. The refurbished system features a new setup to measure the Doppler shift allowing accurate alignment of the spectral filters. The injector has been optimized to generate a stable lithium neutral beam with a current of I = 15-20 mA and a diameter of 1.9 ± 0.1 cm measured by beam imaging. The typical temporal resolution is Δt = 1-10 ms and the radial resolution of ΔR = 5 mm is given by the optical setup. A new analysis technique based on fast Fourier transform avoids systematic error contributions from the digital lock-in analysis and accounts intrinsically for background light correction. Latest upgrades and a detailed characterization of the system are presented. Proof-of-principle measurements of the poloidal magnetic field with a statistical error of typically 2% show a fair agreement with the predictions modeled with the Grad-Shafranov equilibrium solver EFIT within 4%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]