Implementation of low temperature spectrometers for the JET high resolution Thomson scattering diagnostic for disruption plasma measurements
This work presents a system upgrade of the High Resolution Thomson Scattering (HRTS) diagnostic [Pasqualotto et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 3891-3893 (2004)] on JET that allows it to measure low temperature (1-500 eV) plasma pre- and post-Thermal quench (TQ), which would help us further understand the Shattered Pellet Injection (SPI) physics. The upgrade was done by connecting optic fibers from the original HRTS system to four spectrometers specialized in measuring low temperature plasmas. The upgraded system allows for the measurement of low temperature plasma at up to 12 spatial points, which can be flexibly distributed throughout the JET outer midplane profile during the dedicated SPI experiments. In other JET experiments, four previously unused groups of fibers were used to measure the central plasma to provide disruption data without changing the standard HRTS system. The low temperature Thomson scattering system was installed, commissioned, and cross-calibrated against the standard HRTS diagnostic in a calibration pulse. The system worked reliably during the JET experiments and provided electron density and temperature profiles for pre- and post-TQ low temperature plasmas in the SPI campaign.
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Institute of Plasma Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
ITER
ITER
CEA Cadarache
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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European Commission or SERI | |||
European Union | 101052200—EUROfusion | ||
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