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Liu S, Zhou C, Liu AD, Zhuang G, Feng X, Zhang J, Zhong XM, Ji JX, Zhang SB, Liu HQ, Wang SX, Fan HR, Wang SF, Gao LT, Shi WX, Chen XY, Liu WD. An E-band multi-channel Doppler backscattering system on EAST. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:123507. [PMID: 38109469 DOI: 10.1063/5.0166949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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An E-band (60-90 GHz) multi-channel Doppler backscattering (DBS) system with X-mode polarization has been installed on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), which can measure the turbulence at five different radial locations simultaneously. This system can launch 31 fixed microwave frequencies in the range of 60-90 GHz with a 1 GHz interval into the plasma, and five probing signals are selected by employing a reference signal and multiple filters. During experiments, the frequency of the reference signal is tunable in the E-band, and the selected probing signals can be changed as needed without any other adjustments, which can be performed in one shot or between shots. Furthermore, the incident angle can be adjusted from -10° to 20°, and the wavenumber range is 4-25 cm-1 with a wavenumber resolution of Δk/k ≤ 0.35. Ray tracing simulations are employed to calculate the scattering locations and the perpendicular wavenumber. In this article, the hardware design, ray tracing, and initial results obtained from the EAST plasma will be presented.
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- S Liu
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518061, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230021, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230021, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230021, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Wen J, Shi ZB, Zhong WL, Yang ZC, Yang ZJ, Wang B, Jiang M, Shi PW, Hillesheim JC, Freethy SJ, Shi P, Liang AS, Tong RH, Fang KR, Deng WC, Liu Y, Yang QW, Ding XT, Xu M. A remote gain controlled and polarization angle tunable Doppler backward scattering reflectometer. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:063513. [PMID: 34243534 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Remote control of the diagnostic systems is the basic requirement for the high performance plasma operation in a fusion device. This work presents the development of the remote control system for the multichannel Doppler backward scattering (DBS) reflectometers. It includes a remote controlled quasi-optical system and a remote intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier gain control system. The quasi-optical system contains a rotational polarizer, its polarization angle is tunable through a remote controlled motor, and it could combine the microwave beams with a wide frequency range into one focused beam. The remote IF gain control system utilizes the digital microcontroller (MCU) technique to regulate the signal amplitude for each signal channel. The gain parameters of amplifiers are adjustable, and the feedback of working status in the IF system will be sent to MCU in real time for safe operation. The gain parameters could be controlled either by the Ethernet remote way or directly through the local control interface on the system. Preliminary experimental results show the effectiveness of the remote controlled multichannel DBS system.
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- J Wen
- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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Zhu Y, Yu JH, Yu G, Ye Y, Chen Y, Tobias B, Diallo A, Kramer G, Ren Y, Tang W, Dong G, Churchill R, Domier CW, Li X, Luo C, Chen M, Luhmann NC. System-on-chip upgrade of millimeter-wave imaging diagnostics for fusion plasma. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:053522. [PMID: 34243257 DOI: 10.1063/5.0040449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Monolithic, millimeter wave "system-on-chip" technology has been employed in chip heterodyne radiometers in a newly developed Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging (ECEI) system on the DIII-D tokamak for 2D electron temperature and fluctuation diagnostics. The system employs 20 horn-waveguide receiver modules each with customized W-band (75-110 GHz) monolithic microwave integrated circuit chips comprising a W-band low noise amplifier, a balanced mixer, a ×2 local oscillator (LO) frequency doubler, and two intermediate frequency amplifier stages in each module. Compared to previous quasi-optical ECEI arrays with Schottky mixer diodes mounted on planar antennas, the upgraded W-band array exhibits >30 dB additional gain and 20× improvement in noise temperature; an internal eight times multiplier chain is used to provide LO coupling, thereby eliminating the need for quasi-optical coupling. The horn-waveguide shielding housing avoids out-of-band noise interference on each module. The upgraded ECEI system plays an important role for absolute electron temperature and fluctuation measurements for edge and core region transport physics studies. An F-band receiver chip (up to 140 GHz) is under development for additional fusion facilities with a higher toroidal magnetic field. Visualization diagnostics provide multi-scale and multi-dimensional data in plasma profile evolution. A significant aspect of imaging measurement is focusing on artificial intelligence for science applications.
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- Y Zhu
- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230000, China
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Ren XH, Yang ZJ, Shi ZB, Yang ZC, Zha XQ, Gao Y, Zhang ZC. Development of a tunable multi-channel Doppler reflectometer on J-TEXT tokamak. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:033545. [PMID: 33820104 DOI: 10.1063/5.0040915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Doppler reflectometer is a powerful diagnostic tool to study the turbulence for tokamak plasmas. It can provide information on the density fluctuation, the poloidal rotation, the radial electric field, its shear, etc. A tunable multi-channel V-band (50-75 GHz) Doppler reflectometer system has been developed on the J-TEXT tokamak for the measurement under various toroidal magnetic fields. A universal serial bus controlled synthesizer is used as a source that can adjust the probing frequency remotely. This Doppler reflectometer can measure the plasma in 0.3 < ρ < 1 . Its radial resolution is <2 cm, and k⊥ is ∼ 4-12 cm-1. Based on the Doppler reflectometer, the perpendicular turbulence propagation velocity, the profile of the radial electric field, the geodesic acoustic mode, and some other phenomena have been observed on J-TEXT.
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- X H Ren
- International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Southwestern Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
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Feng X, Liu AD, Zhou C, Wang MY, Zhang J, Liu ZY, Liu Y, Zhou TF, Zhang SB, Kong DF, Hu LQ, Ji JX, Fan HR, Li H, Lan T, Xie JL, Mao WZ, Liu ZX, Ding WX, Zhuang G, Liu WD. Five-channel tunable W-band Doppler backscattering system in the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:024704. [PMID: 30831725 DOI: 10.1063/1.5075615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A 5-channel Doppler backscattering system has been designed and installed in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). Through an I/Q-type double sideband modulator and a frequency multiplier, an array of finely spaced (Δf = 400 MHz) frequencies that span 1.6 GHz has been created. The center of the array bandwidth is tunable within the range of 75-97.8 GHz, which covers most of the W band (75-110 GHz). The incident angle can be adjusted from -4° to 12°, and the wavenumber range is 4-15 cm-1 with a wavenumber resolution of Δk/k ≤ 0.35. Ray tracing is used to calculate the scattering location and the scattering wavenumber. This article details the hardware design, the ray tracing, and the preliminary experimental results from EAST plasmas.
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- X Feng
- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui, Hefei 230031, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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Wang MY, Zhou C, Liu AD, Zhang J, Liu ZY, Feng X, Ji JX, Li H, Lan T, Xie JL, Liu SQ, Ding WX, Mao WZ, Zhuang G, Liu WD. A novel, tunable, multimodal microwave system for microwave reflectometry system. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:093501. [PMID: 30278705 DOI: 10.1063/1.5033968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Based on a new technique, a tunable, multi-channel system that covers the Q-band (33-55 GHz) is presented in this article. It has a potential use of the Doppler backscattering system diagnostic that can measure the turbulence radial correlation and the perpendicular velocity of turbulence by changing the incident angle. The system consists primarily of a double-sideband (DSB) modulation and a multiplier, which creates four probing frequencies. The probing frequency enables the simultaneous analysis of the density fluctuations and flows at four distinct radial regions in tokamak plasma. The amplitude of the probing frequency can be adjusted by the initial phase of the intermediate frequency (IF) input from the double-sideband, and the typical flatness is less than 10 dB. The system was tested in the lab with a rotating grating, and the results show that the system can operate in the frequency range of 33-55 GHz with a Q-band multitude and that the power of each channel can be adjusted by the phase of the IF input of DSB.
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- M Y Wang
- Department of Physics, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Physics, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei 230026, China
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Wang MY, Liu AD, Zhou C, Hu JQ, Li H, Lan T, Xie JL, Ding WX, Liu WD, Yu CX. A novel approach to estimating the Doppler shift frequency from quadrature mixer output. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:073503. [PMID: 28764541 DOI: 10.1063/1.4991018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Doppler backscattering systems (DBSs) have been widely used in magnetic confinement fusion devices to measure the density fluctuations and propagation velocity of turbulence. However, the received signals of a DBS usually include both zero-order reflection and backscattering components, which results in interference in calculating the Doppler shift frequency from the backscattering components. A novel method is introduced here for estimating the Doppler shift frequency by separating the zero-order reflection and backscattering components using the cross-phase spectrum between the I-signal and Q-signal from a quadrature mixer, based on the difference in symmetrical characteristics between the zero-order reflection and backscattering signal spectra. It is proven that this method is more effective than traditional approaches, such as multiple signal classification and fast Fourier transformation, for extracting Doppler shift information.
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- M Y Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Hu JQ, Zhou C, Liu AD, Wang MY, Doyle EJ, Peebles WA, Wang G, Zhang XH, Zhang J, Feng X, Ji JX, Li H, Lan T, Xie JL, Ding WX, Liu WD, Yu CX. An eight-channel Doppler backscattering system in the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:073504. [PMID: 28764527 DOI: 10.1063/1.4991855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Doppler backscattering system can measure the perpendicular velocity and fluctuation amplitude of the density turbulence with intermediate wavenumber. An eight-channel Doppler backscattering system has been installed in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), which can probe eight different radial locations simultaneously by launching eight fixed frequencies (55, 57.5, 60, 62.5, 67.5, 70, 72.5, 75 GHz) into plasma. The quasi-optical system consists of circular corrugated waveguide transmission, a fixed parabolic mirror, and a rotatable parabolic mirror which are integrated with quasi-optics front-end of the profile reflectometer inside the vacuum vessel. The incidence angle can be chosen from 5° to 12°, and the wavenumber range is 2-15/cm with the wavenumber resolution Δk/k≤0.21. Ray tracing simulations are used to calculate the scattering locations and the perpendicular wavenumber. The dynamic range of this new eight-channel Doppler backscattering system can be as large as 40 dB in the EAST. In this article, the hardware design, the ray tracing, and the preliminary experimental results in the EAST will be presented.
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- J Q Hu
- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- Physics and Astronomy Department and PSTI, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department and PSTI, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department and PSTI, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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- KTX Laboratory and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China
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