ALTAIR: An infrared laser scattering diagnostic on the TORE SUPRA tokamak

A collective laser light scattering diagnostic ALTAIR (a french acronym for local analysis of anomalous transport using infrared light), using a CO2 laser beam (λ=10.6 μm) has been realized to measure plasma density fluctuations in the TORE SUPRA tokamak. This article describes in detail the optical...

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Veröffentlicht in:Review of scientific instruments 1992-07, Vol.63 (7), p.3716-3724
Hauptverfasser: Truc, A., Quéméneur, A., Hennequin, P., Grésillon, D., Gervais, F., Laviron, C., Olivain, J., Saha, S. K., Devynck, P.
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Zusammenfassung:A collective laser light scattering diagnostic ALTAIR (a french acronym for local analysis of anomalous transport using infrared light), using a CO2 laser beam (λ=10.6 μm) has been realized to measure plasma density fluctuations in the TORE SUPRA tokamak. This article describes in detail the optical setup, the signal processing, acquisition, and control systems required for this experiment. As the density fluctuations propagating in tokamaks have small wave numbers and require small scattering angles, such scattering experiments are considered as having no resolution along the beam. However, taking advantage of the pitch angle variation of the magnetic field lines around the magnetic axis along a vertical chord, it has been possible to obtain partial spatial localization of the scattering volume by rotating the direction of the analyzed wave vector in a horizontal plane. Heterodyne detection is used to determine the fluctuations propagation direction. The experiment has been tested on acoustic waves and the first results obtained on TORE SUPRA indeed show the existence of a spatial resolution.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.1143603