激光等离子体中自生磁场的诊断

激光与固体靶相互作用时会产生极强的磁场。文章简单地介绍了自生磁场的产生机制,较全面地讨论了自生磁场的实验诊断方法,包括物理控针法和光学诊断法,重点介绍了比较成功的法拉第旋转法和塞曼分裂法,最后还提出了两个可能的新方法。     

EAST ICRF天线法拉第屏蔽的电磁分析

法拉第屏蔽是EAST 装置 ICRF天线的一个重要部件。鉴于法拉第屏蔽的结构安全性,通过运用有限元方法和公式对法拉第屏蔽在等离子体破裂和等离子体垂直位移事件两种工况下进行电磁和结构分析,获得了法拉第屏蔽在这两种工况下所受的电磁力、应力分布和变形情况。分析结果满足设计要求,并为法拉第屏蔽的结构安全性评估提供理论依据。     

Study of Power Coupling through an Electrostatic Shield on a Loop Antenna for ICRF Heating of EBT-S

The effects of electrostatic shields around the antenna used for ICRF heating in the EBT-S fusion experiment on the efficiency of power transfer from the antenna to the plasma were studied in bench tests using resonant coupling loops placed near the antenna to simulate plasma behavior. For the frequency range of interest in these experiments, the length of the antenna was much shorter than the free-space wavelength. Coupling efficiencies in excess of 90 percent were obtained under best conditions. There was a reduction in coupling efficiency due to the presence of the shield, which was found to be dependent on the proximity of the loop to the antenna and on the Q of the loop. The change in coupling efficiency of the antenna with the shield compared to the antenna without a shield was greater the farther the loop was removed from the antenna and the lower the Q of the loop. In general, the reduction in coupling efficiency due to the shield is probably tolerable, with the advantages of having an electrostatic shield outweighing the disadvantage of a lower power coupling efficiency.     

使用不同工质的会切磁场等离子体推力器

会切磁场等离子体推力器是一种利用磁镜约束等离子体产生推力的新型推力器,具有寿命长、推力大范围连续可调等优点,在无拖曳控制领域具有较大的应用前景.分别采用Xe,Kr和Ar三种不同工质,开展了会切磁场等离子体推力器实验.首先,对所用的推力器进行了简要的原理和设计介绍;然后,对三种工质的点火电压分别进行了测试,发现Xe是最容易点火成功的,Kr和Ar点火难度较大.在阳极电流、推力、效率和比冲等性能方面,三种工质在同等条件下也存在明显的区别.分析发现,三者的工质利用率高低导致了性能上的差别,通过提升通流密度能够大幅提升Kr和Ar的工质利用率.在羽流结构方面,法拉第测量结果表明三者都存在明显的空心羽流,且离子电流密度峰值出现的角度随着原子量的减小而逐渐减小.     

Spatial-temporal measurements of magnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas

The results of an investigation of the electromagnetic wave polarization, probing high-temperature laser plasma, as well as spatial-temporal structure of the magnetic fields, electron density, current density, and electron drift velocity are presented. To create the plasma, plane massive Al targets were irradiated with the second harmonic of a phoenix Nd laser at intensities up to 5·10¹⁴ W/cm². It was shown that the magnetooptical Faraday effect is the main mechanism responsible for the changing polarization of the probing wave. Magnetic fields up to 0.4 MG with electron densities ∼10²⁰ cm⁻³ were measured. Analysis of the magnetic field spatial distribution showed that the current density achieved the value ∼90 MA/cm² on the laser axis. The radial structure of the magnetic field testified to the availability of the reversed current in the laser plasma. The spatial and temporal resolutions in these experiments were equaled to ∼5 μsec and ∼50 psec, respectively. Translated from Preprint No. 35 of the Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 1993.     

Faraday shield effects on a half-turn loop antenna used for ICRFplasma heating

The characteristics of a half-turn loop antenna having a Faraday shield (used for ion-cyclotron RF plasma heating) have been systematically investigated. The main interest is to clarify the Faraday shield effects on the near-zone electric field distribution. It has been confirmed that, in the presence of the Faraday shield, undesirable field components are sufficiently suppressed, and the heating component E _y, which otherwise is strongly localized as an end effect, has been found to be distributed uniformly along the antenna in the case of a short electric length. It is found that the shielding strips should be uniformly distributed over the entire region around the half-turn loop antenna     

A Polarization-Converted Coupler for the Fast-Wave Current Drive

This paper proposes a new type of waveguide coupler for the fast-wave current drive in large tokamaks. The coupler has a narrow width to be arrayed in the toroidal direction for the phasing, and radiates the electric field perpendicular to the main toroidal magnetic field through the Faraday shield. The coupler consists of tuned posts or ridges in the cutoff cavity and triangle-shaped waveguides inside the rectangular waveguide. Model experiments verify its basic characteristics, and theoretical estimates indicate that the polarization-converted coupler has the power capability in the range of megawatts.     

关于法拉第旋度电场和爱因斯坦协变场的探讨与研究

在国家基金项目的支持下,本研究基于电子论和洛伦兹磁力否定法拉第定律和相对论电磁学,暨揭示广义洛伦兹磁力的科学研究之三:旋度电场和协变场不存在.文[1]介绍了广义洛伦兹磁力的定义及其及其证明,并论证指出广义洛伦兹磁力是真谛;文[2-3]介绍了法拉第电动势ε是虚构的,虚构的法拉第定律存在几个关键问题.正因如此,所以法拉第定律不具有普适性.感应电流的产生与磁通量变化率无关.     

Faraday镜预转角对FMOCT输出光偏振态的影响

通过计算机仿真,运用琼斯矩阵理论分析了Faraday镜预转角对法拉第镜式光学电流互感器输出光偏振态的影响.实验测量了Faraday镜实际预转角的大小,测量了外磁场的改变对Faraday镜预转角的影响.外磁场的存在和变化使Faraday镜预转角偏离初始值,并使系统输出光由理想状态下的线偏振光退化成椭圆偏振光,并引起法拉第镜式光学电流互感器工作灵敏度和稳定性的下降.提出了用电磁屏蔽解决外界磁场影响的方法.     

On Bosonic Magnetic Flux Operator and Bosonic Faraday Operator Formula

In the literature about mesoscopic Josephson devices the magnetic flux is considered as an operator, the fundamental commutative relation between the magnetic flux operator and the Cooper-pair charge operator is usually preengaged. In this paper we show that such a relation can be deduced from the basic Bose operators＇ commutative relation through the entangled state representation. The Faraday formula in bosonic form is then equivalent to the second Josephson equation. The current operator equation for LC mesoscopic circuit is also derived.     

Simulation of the electromagnetic characters of a Faraday-shielded antenna in a helicon wave plasma source

In this article, a structure that employs a Faraday shield between the Shoji antenna and the dielectric tube, which aims to reduce the dielectric wall sputtering, is investigated for the helicon wave plasma (HWP) sources. Faraday shield is usually used between the antenna and the reaction chamber to reduce the radiation from the high electromagnetic field generation, as well as to prevent the sputtering of the antenna material from polluting the reaction chamber during the discharge. Here, the influence of the Faraday shield on the longitudinal and radial electric field of the antenna is analysed through COMSOL Multiphysics^TM. Significant attenuations of both the longitudinal and radial fields are observed in the presence of the shield. In addition, by comparing the electric field distribution under two different shielding parameters, it is found that the shielding effects are not the same. Therefore, a detailed study of two kinds of design (pitch and gap) for the shield was carried out. The results show that the pitch has a little impact on the overall shielding effect when the gap is unaltered. The best shielding performance appears when we set the pitch at T of 8 and 10. In addition, the shielding effect also becomes worse as the gap increases while the pitch remains unchanged. A relatively good shielding effect can be produced by setting the gap to the value of 4–8 mm (a gap/pitch ratio of 2/15–4/15). This work provides a theoretical basis for designing a Faraday shield structure between the antenna and the dielectric tube, which is helpful to realize stable and controllable HWP discharges.     

Experimental characteristics of a lower hybrid wave multi-junction coupler in the HT-7 tokamak

A phase-controlled lower hybrid wave (LHW) multi-junction (MJ) coupler (3(rows)×(columns)× (subwaveguides)) has been developed in the HT-7 tokamak. Simulations show that it is more effective for driving plasma current than an ordinary phase-controlled LHW antenna (3(rows)×12(columns)) (traditional coupler). The plasma--wave coupling experiments show that the reflection coefficient (RC) is below 10%, implying that the MJ grill can launch the wave into the plasma effectively. The effect of power spectrum launched by the MJ coupler on RC indicates that an optimal condition is requisite for a better coupling in the lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) experiments. Studies indicate that the drive efficiency of the MJ antenna is higher than that of the traditional one, which is mainly ascribed to the discrepancy in impurity concentration, plasma temperature, and spectrum directivity. An improved confinement with an electron internal transport barrier is obtained by LHCD. The analysis shows that the modified negative (low) magnetic shear and the change of radial electric field profile due to LHCD are possible factors responsible for the eITB formation.     

Parametric dependence of ion temperature and electron density in the summa hot-ion plasma using laser light scattering and emission spectroscopy

Hot-ion plasma experiments were conducted in the NASA Lewis SUMMA facility. A steady-state modified Penning discharge was formed by applying a radially inward d.c. electric field of several kilovolts near the magnetic mirror maxima. Results are reported for a hydrogen plasma covering a wide range in midplane magnetic flux densities from 0.5 to 3.37 T. Input power greater than 45 kW was obtained with water-cooled cathodes. Steady-state plasmas with ion kinetic temperatures from 18 to 830 eV were produced and measured spectroscopically. These ion temperatures were correlated with current, voltage, and magnetic flux density as the independent variables. Electron density measurements were made using an unusually sensitive Thomson scattering apparatus. The measured electron densities ranged from 2.1 x 10¹¹ to 6.8 x 10¹²1/cm³.     

Experimental and theoretical study of density,potential, and current structures of a helium plasma in front of an radio frequency antenna tilted with respect to the magnetic field lines

Potential and density structures in the vicinity of an radio frequency (RF) electrode/antenna in a magnetized plasma are investigated using an RF-compensated cylindrical Langmuir probe. These measurements were performed in the ALINE plasma device in which only electrons can be considered well magnetized. Very precise 2-D maps of the plasma parameters are drawn thanks to a 3-D automatic manipulator on which the probe is mounted. The effect of the tilted magnetic angle between the RF-biased surface and the magnetic lines is also studied thanks to a tilting electrode. Comparison of several simplistic models with the experiments proved the reliability of simple Langmuir probe measurements in such an RF and magnetized environment (space potential vs. tilting angle of the antenna with respect to magnetic field lines and recovery of the floating potential structure using measured currents). A fluid model based on total current density and ion diffusion equations over the biased flux tube provides the same density structures in front of the electrode as the measurements. Those density structures display a “bunny ears” shape and can be explained using transverse RF and collisional current behaviour: In front of the antenna, the transverse ion currents deplete the magnetized flux tube, while at the edge of the biased flux tube, the same currents increase the density.     

平行板静电场法离子引出的对称收集

离子引出的研究在AVLIS工程中有重要的意义，离子引出量和引出时间直接关系到整个系统 的离子收集效率. 在静电场中，由于等离子体屏蔽效应的存在，等离子体电位要高于正、负 极板的电位，而且在靠近正、负极板的两侧均存在鞘层. 理论模拟表明在正极板一边也可以 引出离子. 选取铯（Cs）作为实验对象，研究静电场对Cs等离子体的离子引出，使用安装在 两个极板上的法拉第筒收集离子引出信号. 实验结果表明，正极板确实可以引出离子，随着 外加电压的升高，从正极板一边引出离子的比率降低. 关键词： AVLIS 离子引出 等离子体     

Experimental studies on isentropic efficiency of a nonequilibriumMHD disk generator

Isentropic efficiency of the nonequilibrium MHD power generator was studied by a shock tube driven disk generator. Cesium seeded helium was used as a working gas. From the measurements of Faraday current density distribution, it was possible to estimate the general tendency of Joule dissipation in the generator. The Joule dissipation did not decrease due to the occurrence of nonuniformity of the plasma when external load resistance was low, although it decreased with the decrease in the load resistance when the load resistance was high. The electrical efficiency increased with the increase in applied magnetic flux density. This fact is thought to be caused by high Hall parameter and the stabilization of the plasma due to high degree of seed ionization     

Magnetic field generated in a plasma by a short, circularly polarized laser pulse

We study the generation of a quasistatic magnetic field by a short, circularly polarized laser pulse in a tenuous cold uniform plasma. It is shown that two physical mechanisms are responsible for the generation of the various components of the magnetic field. One mechanism is due to the ponderomotive forces and governs the generation of the azimuthal component of the magnetic field. The other is similar to the inverse Faraday effect (IFE) in a nonuniform plasma and gives rise to axial and radial components of the magnetic field. At moderate radiative intensities, all magnetic field components are proportional to the squared intensity. The spatial structure of the magnetic field depends strongly on the pulse shape and the plasma density. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 849–863 (September 1998)     

一切电磁感应都取决于金属电子受洛伦兹磁场力

研究表明:一切电磁感应的计算都取决于金属电子受洛伦兹磁场力的导线形状,却不取决于磁通量变化率对微分变量进行的旋度运算;特别是基于电子论证明了楞茨圆形线圈上的圆形电流及其围绕圆形线圈的流动电荷携带了圆形流动电场;基于电子论否定了法拉第磁通量变化率产生的电动势及其旋度电场。     

Self-consistent structure of a dc discharge with a closed hall current in crossed electric and magnetic fields

A dc glow discharge with a closed Hall current in crossed electric and magnetic fields in helium is investigated. It is shown that the main features of an unmagnetized dc discharge [1] (such as the separation of the discharge into a space charge sheath and a quasineutral plasma, the formation of a cathode fall region and a negative glow, the appearance of a region with a reversed electric field producing a potential well for low-energy electrons and resulting in the formation of a Faraday dark space, and the formation of three pronounced groups of electrons in the electron distribution function) are also retained in a discharge in crossed fields. It is found that the sheath length is almost independent of the magnetic field, while the length of the negative glow region decreases appreciably with increasing magnetic field. The measured electron distribution function agrees well with the nonlocal theory, according to which the current in the Faraday dark space is carried by the intermediate electrons that are not trapped in the potential well and the energies of which are lower than the first excitation energy.     

高超声速飞行器磁控热防护系统建模分析

针对高超声速飞行器防热, 搭建了螺线管磁控热防护系统的物理模型. 采用低磁雷诺数磁流体数学模型, 分析了外加磁场强度及磁场形态对磁控热防护效果的影响. 对比了三种磁场类型(磁偶极子、螺线管、均布磁场)下磁控热防护效果的差异, 分析了螺线管几何参数对磁控热防护效果的影响. 研究表明, 磁场降低表面热流作用存在“饱和现象”; 三种磁场形态的磁控热防护能力从小到大依次为磁偶极子、螺线管、均布磁场; 相同驻点磁感应强度条件下, 增大螺线管半径有利于提高磁控热防护效果, 缩短螺线管与驻点距离不利于驻点和肩部防热, 螺线管长度对磁控热防护效果影响相对较小.