https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920303007
ECE Diagnostic for the initial Operation of Wendelstein 7-X
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Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald/Garching, Germany
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Laboratorio Nacional de Fusion, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Inst. für Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik und Plasmatechnologie, Univ. Stuttgart, Germany
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National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan
* Corresponding author: matthias.hirsch@ipp.mpg.de
Published online: 25 March 2019
The ECE diagnostic at W7-X in its standard mode of operation measures in X2 mode polarization with a 32 channel radiometer in the frequency band around 140 GHz for central magnetic field 2.5T. The radiometer is calibrated by a noise source and the overall system absolutely calibrated by means of a hot-cold source placed outside the torus in front of a Gaussian telescope optics with identical geometry and transmission line as it is installed for the measurements in the plasma vessel. The system is supplemented with a 16 channel zoom device with 4 GHz span for higher frequency resolution at a suitable radial range and a Michelson interferometer for the characterization of higher harmonics sharing the same line of sight.
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