The application of homodyne spectroscopy to the study of low-frequency microturbulence in the TEXT tokamak |
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Authors: | D L Brower N C Luhmann Jr W A Peebles Ch P Ritz and E J Powers |
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Institution: | (1) University of California, Los Angeles, 90024 Los Angeles, CA;(2) University of Texas, Austin, 78712 Austin, TX |
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Abstract: | Summary The wave propagation direction of microturbulence in a tokamak plasma has been accurately measured by application of a new homodyne spectroscopy technique. This method has been used in conjunction with a collective far-infrared laser scattering experiment on TEXT. The low-frequency density fluctuations are observed to propagate primarily in the electron diamagnetic drift direction, however, the broadband spectra also possess an appreciable level of fluctuations traveling in the ion drift direction. Application of the homodyne spectroscopy technique represents an inexpensive and easily implemented alternative to the more technically demanding heterodyne schemes available in the far-infrared. |
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