The deteriorating effect of plasma density fluctuations on microwave beam quality

Alf Koehn; Max E. Austin; Michael W. Brookman; Kenneth W. Gentle; Lorenzo Guidi; Eberhard Holzhauer; Rob J. La Haye; Jarrod B. Leddy; Omar Maj; Craig C. Petty; Emanuele Poli; Antti Snicker; Matthew B. Thomas; Roddy G. L. Vann; Hannes Weber

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201920301005

The deteriorating effect of plasma density fluctuations on microwave beam quality

Alf Koehn^*
, Max E. Austin
, Michael W. Brookman
, Kenneth W. Gentle
, Lorenzo Guidi
, Eberhard Holzhauer
, Rob J. La Haye
, Jarrod B. Leddy
, Omar Maj
, Craig C. Petty
, Emanuele Poli
, Antti Snicker
, Matthew B. Thomas
, Roddy G. L. Vann
, Hannes Weber

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Applied Physics

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Abstract

Turbulent plasma edge density fluctuations can broaden a traversing microwave beam degrading its quality. This can be a problem for scenarios relying on a high spatial localization of the deposition of injected microwave power, like controlling MHD instabilities. Here we present numerical estimations of the scattering of a microwave beam by density fluctuations over a large parameter range, including extrapolations to ITER. Two codes are used, the full-wave code IPF-FDMC and the wave kinetic equation solver WKBeam. A successful comparison between beam broadening obtained from DIII-D experiments and corresponding full-wave simulations is shown.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	20TH JOINT WORKSHOP ON ELECTRON CYCLOTRON EMISSION AND ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING (EC20)
Editors	E Poli, H Laqua, J Oosterbeek
Publisher	EDP Sciences
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920301005
Publication status	Published - 2019
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating - Greifswald, Germany Duration: 14 May 2018 → 17 May 2018 Conference number: 20

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Name	EPJ Web of Conferences
Publisher	E D P SCIENCES
Volume	203
ISSN (Print)	2100-014X

Workshop

Workshop	Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating
Abbreviated title	EC
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Greifswald
Period	14/05/2018 → 17/05/2018

Funding

This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014 2018 under grant agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. The authors are indebted to the e fforts of the opensource software community.

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Koehn, A., Austin, M. E., Brookman, M. W., Gentle, K. W., Guidi, L., Holzhauer, E., La Haye, R. J., Leddy, J. B., Maj, O., Petty, C. C., Poli, E., Snicker, A., Thomas, M. B., Vann, R. G. L., & Weber, H. (2019). The deteriorating effect of plasma density fluctuations on microwave beam quality. In E. Poli, H. Laqua, & J. Oosterbeek (Eds.), 20TH JOINT WORKSHOP ON ELECTRON CYCLOTRON EMISSION AND ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING (EC20) (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 203). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920301005

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The deteriorating effect of plasma density fluctuations on microwave beam quality. / Koehn, Alf; Austin, Max E.; Brookman, Michael W. et al.
20TH JOINT WORKSHOP ON ELECTRON CYCLOTRON EMISSION AND ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING (EC20). ed. / E Poli; H Laqua; J Oosterbeek. EDP Sciences, 2019. (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 203).

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