Far infrared polarimetry with tokamak plasmas for determination of the poloidal magnetic field distribution
Abstract
This study examines the poloidal magnetic field distribution of tokamak plasma, and the elucidation of the radial distribution of the toroidal plasma flow. A numerical and experimental determination of the poloidal field based on the Faraday effect is presented. A method is discussed for measuring the rotation of the polarization plane linear polarized electromagnetic radiation, by passing through a plasma magnetized in the direction of the radiation. The polarization behavior of a linear polarized wave passing through a tokamak plasma is presented theoretically for various wavelengths, along with the experimental investigation of a ferrite modulation procedure through the use of different far infrared detectors.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhDT.........7K
- Keywords:
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- Laser Plasma Interactions;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Polarimetry;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Toroidal Plasmas;
- Faraday Effect;
- Ferrites;
- Hcn Lasers;
- Linear Polarization;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow;
- Plane Waves;
- Plasma Cylinders;
- Plasma Physics