Frequency hopping millimeter wave reflectometer

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作者
Cupido, L [1 ]
Sánchez, J
Estrada, T
机构
[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Ctr Fusao Nucl, EURATOM IST Assoc, Inst Super Tecn, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal
[2] CIEMAT, Assoc Euratom, Lab Nacl Fus, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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10.1063/1.1788834
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Reflectometry techniques are employed to study density fluctuations in fusion plasmas either using one channel or two channels with slightly different frequencies, to probe simultaneously closely spaced plasma layers (for radial correlation studies). The present article describes a novel system with increasing measuring capability utilizing only one single frequency that can be hopped during the discharge. This broadband fast hopping mm-wave reflectometer (BFHR) has been developed for both ASDEX upgrade (Max Plank Institute-Garching-Germany) and TJ-II stellarator (CIEMAT-Spain). The BFHR incorporates frequency synthesizers at microwave frequencies multiplied into the millimeter-wave range and uses heterodyne detection for sensitive phase and amplitude measurements. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:3865 / 3867
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