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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Jingsen Geng, Yadong Li, Guojiang Wu, Pan Li, Fei Chen, Yuhao Wang, Ning Sun
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 1 | January 2024 | Pages 17-25
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2184226
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Anomalous electron thermal transport is an important issue that restricts the development of magnetic confinement thermonuclear fusion, and it is closely related to electron-scale turbulence. This paper introduces the poloidal CO2 laser collective scattering diagnostic system installed on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) for electron-scale turbulence measurement. The system can measure density fluctuations with four distinct wavenumbers simultaneously ranging from 10 to 30 cm−1 (correspondingly ) in two regions (the core region and the outer region ), which realizes the spatial resolution for turbulence measurement. And, the plasma poloidal rotation velocity in these two regions can be calculated using the measured density fluctuation frequency. In addition, the characteristics of small scattering angle and negligible wave refraction effects reduce the size of the ports required for this diagnostic system. These advantages make the diagnostic system an effective tool for measuring electron-scale turbulence and may play an important role in future burning plasma experiments.