Download or read book Design and Implementation of an Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging Diagnostic for the TEXTOR Tokamak written by Benjamin John Tobias and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advancement of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion toward a viable source of energy on the scale of today's conventional power plants requires the development of a broad range of instruments for use in present day experimental fusion reactors. A class of plasma diagnostic systems that make use of electromagnetic emission from free electrons includes Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging (ECEI), conceived at the University of California at Davis as an extension of ECE radiometry. A new ECEI system with unique capabilities is designed and realized for use on the Tokamak Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR), a toroidal plasma confinement device located at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. The TEXTOR ECEI system is capable of 128 channel (16 vertical by 8 radial) 2-D imaging of electron temperature fluctuations below 1% in the poloidal plane on [mu]s time scales. Advancements in a variety of millimeter wave technologies are discussed, including the development of dual-dipole antennas and miniature elliptical substrate lenses, planar quasi-optical notch filters, dichroic plate high-pass filters, dielectric film beamsplitters, RF electronics for double down-conversion heterodyne frequency mixing and signal detection, and optical coupling of electron cyclotron emission signals and local oscillator power. Particular emphasis is given to the development of a new heuristic for the design of optical coupling systems for millimeter wave imaging arrays which has resulted in the realization of the feature of independent vertical zoom, new to ECEI, by which the vertical extent of the plasma image may be continuously varied from 20 to 35 cm. The new TEXTOR ECEI system is compared in laboratory characterization to the legacy ECEI system, which it replaced in 2008, to reveal dramatic improvements in image quality, optical performance, and system noise temperature. Finally, the installation of this diagnostic is discussed and data obtained during commissioning are presented. A look forward to continuing projects in the field of ECEI reveals an exciting future for the technology with growing international collaboration and invaluable contributions to the effort to develop energy resources that may some day eliminate mankind's dependence on fossil fuels.