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Combination Doppler backscattering/cross-polarization scattering diagnostic for the C-2W field-reversed configuration.

L SchmitzB DengM C ThompsonH GotaC LauD P FultonZ LinT TajimaM Binderbauernull null
Published in: The Review of scientific instruments (2018)
A versatile combination Doppler backscattering and Cross-Polarization Scattering (CPS) diagnostic for the C-2W beam-driven field-reversed configuration is described. This system is capable of measuring density fluctuations and perpendicular magnetic field fluctuations across a wide wavenumber range (2.5 ≤ k θ ρ s ≤ 50), with typical resolution Δk θ/k θ ≤ 0.4-0.8. Four tunable frequencies (26 GHz ≤ f ≤ 60 GHz corresponding to plasma cut-off densities 0.8 × 1019 ≤ n e ≤ 4.4 × 1019 m-3) are launched via quasi-optical beam combiners/polarizers and an adjustable parabolic focusing mirror selecting the beam incidence angle. GENRAY ray tracing shows that the incident O-mode and backscattered CPS X-mode beam trajectories for C-2W plasma parameters nearly overlap, allowing simultaneous detection of ñ and B̃ r or B̃ θ from essentially the same scattering volume.
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