Goodman WR, Scott ER, Keith Z, Singh L, Anderson DT. Upgrade of the helically symmetric experiment Thomson scattering diagnostic suite.
Rev Sci Instrum 2022;
93:093518. [PMID:
36182445 DOI:
10.1063/5.0101879]
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Abstract
The Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) Thomson Scattering (TS) diagnostic is being upgraded to decrease uncertainty in electron temperature and density measurements. Upgrades to the HSX TS diagnostic will consist of a novel redesign of polychromator electronics and digitization of the TS output signal. Here, we also present a study of the benefits of an additional spectral channel that will sample the red-shifted band of the scattered spectrum. To maximize system bandwidth (BW) and gain, while minimizing noise, the existing low-BW polychromator electronics on HSX will be replaced by high-BW, high gain circuitry designed in-house.
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