The tri-band high-resolution spectrometer for the ITER CXRS diagnostic system

A tri-band high-resolution spectrometer, which was designed for performing diagnostics on the ITER facility using the charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy (CXRS), is described. The CXRS allows measurements of such plasma parameters as the ion temperature, the speed of the toroidal and poloidal plasma rotation, and the concentration of light impurities. The spectrometer is based on three transparent holographic diffraction gratings and is designed to operate simultaneously in three spectral bands: 468 ± 6 nm, 529 ± 6 nm, and 656 ± 8 nm. The results of measuring the main performance parameters of the transparent diffraction gratings and the spectrometer as a whole are presented. It was established that the characteristics of the developed spectrometer satisfy the requirements for the spectroscopic equipment for the ITER CXRS diagnostic system.     

Electron cyclotron emission diagnostic for ITER

Electron temperature measurements and electron thermal transport inferences will be critical to the nonactive and deuterium phases of ITER operation and will take on added importance during the alpha heating phase. The diagnostic must meet stringent criteria on spatial coverage and spatial resolution during full field operation. During the early phases of operation, it must operate equally well at half field. The key to the diagnostic is the front end design. It consists of a quasioptical antenna and a pair of calibration sources. The radial resolution of the diagnostic is less than 0.06 m. The spatial coverage extends at least from the core to the separatrix with first harmonic O-mode being used for the core and second harmonic X-mode being used for the pedestal. The instrumentation used for the core measurement at full field can be used for detection at half field by changing the detected polarization. Intermediate fields are accessible. The electron cyclotron emission systems require in situ calibration, which is provided by a novel hot calibration source. The critical component for the hot calibration source, the emissive surface, has been successfully tested. A prototype hot calibration source has been designed, making use of extensive thermal and mechanical modeling.     

Thomson scattering diagnostic systems in the ITER divertor

A diagnostic array has been developed for studying the operating modes of the divertor in the ITER tokamak-reactor using the Thomson scattering technique. The aim of this study is to measure the spatial profiles of the electron temperature and density. The structure of the diagnostic setup was selected on the basis of a classical diagnostic geometry and the high-resolution LIDAR system, which provide access to different regions of the divertor plasma. A severe radiation environment, limited access to the plasma in the ITER divertor, and a high-dust environment (the divertor plate erosion material) in the divertor volume pose many problems for performing diagnostics under unique conditions having no analogs in the tokamaks that are now in operation. Different methods for protecting optical surfaces from plasma-enriched deposition are proposed and analyzed. The efficiency of these methods has been demonstrated in bench tests. The concept of laser and detector systems and diffraction polychromators capable of operating at different electron temperatures with a lower limit of 1 eV, has been justified and approved.     

Electrical noise measurements using a microprocessor-based system

A microprocessor-based system for measuring low-frequency (less than 100 Hz) electrical noise power spectra is described. The main function of the microprocessor was to determine the noise autocorrelation function using simple 'one bit' autocorrelation arithmetic, subsequent Fourier transformation to find the power spectra being done on a larger computer. Given that such larger computing facilities already exist, this system is much less expensive than more conventional analogue techniques. We illustrate the way in which this system was implemented to measure current noise in insulating polymers.     

Active wafer shape modulation using a multi-actuator chucking system

Jet and Flash Imprint Lithography has proven to be a viable alternative to optical lithography for fabrication of sub 30 nm nanostructures for large volume semiconductor manufacturing. Machine throughput, overlay and process defectivity that meet and exceed the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) are essential for commercial viability of any new lithography technology. Jet and Flash Imprint Lithography uses an inkjet head to dispense a grid of liquid drops on the wafer surface to match the volume requirements of the pattern being imprinted. Wafer shape modulation has been shown to increase imprinting speed significantly by reducing air bubble trapping in the drop interstitial sites. A wafer shape modulation chuck that can address arbitrary field locations and sizes on a wafer with a novel actuation scheme that minimizes the number of actuators while increasing imprinting speed and reducing process defects significantly is presented.     

Multi-stage diagnostic system for reciprocating compressor using DTW technique

The reciprocating compressor has widely been used in the industry because of low cost to mass production and high efficiency of performance. If an abnormal compressor is produced, high service cost occurs due to the increased service claim rate (SCR). A great deal of research has been conducted for real-time diagnosis of the compressor while it is being made in the manufacturing line. However, since the compressor structure is quite complicated, it is still difficult to find the cause of the compressor fault. Even with outstanding diagnostic tools, it is hard to screen an abnormal compressor at one time. We have developed a multi-stage diagnosis scheme to monitor the abnormal compressor. In this diagnosis scheme, the dynamic time warping (DTW) technique is employed to diagnose the fault compressor. The LAN based network is applied for connecting from first diagnosis PC to second diagnosis PC. The multi-stage diagnosis manufacturing line is established and the DTW technique has been successfully implemented in the diagnostic system. The multi-stage DTW system screens most of the abnormal compressor. The gage R&R is conducted to secure the reliability of the system.     

An alpha particle measurement system using an energetic neutral helium beam in ITER (invited)

An energetic helium neutral beam is involved in the beam neutralization measurement system of alpha particles confined in a DT fusion plasma. A full size strong-focusing He(+) ion source (2 A, the beam radius of 11.3 mm, the beam energy less than 20 keV). Present strong-focusing He(+) ion source shows an emittance diagram separated for each beamlet of multiple apertures without phase space mixing, despite the space charge of a beamlet is asymmetric and the beam flow is non-laminar. The emittance of beamlets in the peripheral region was larger than that of center. The heat load to the plasma electrode was studied to estimate the duty factor for the ITER application.     

Mobile spectroscopic system for trace gas detection using a tunable mid-IR laser

We describe a mobile spectroscopic system for trace gas analysis based on the open path differential absorption spectrometer and the photoacoustic spectrometer. The first method allows long distance measurements (up to a few kilometers) while the second one provides local in situ detection of pollutants. The open path system is based on the nanosecond (f = 10 Hz, tau = 5 ns) lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser and a tunable two cascade optical parametric generator operating in the 5-12 microm spectral region. This source was mounted into the lidar setup based on the coaxial transmitter/receiver. The photoacoustic system was constructed using the same laser as well as a nonresonant photoacoustic cell.     

Analysis of the ITER low field side reflectometer transmission line system

A critical issue in the design of the ITER low field side reflectometer is the transmission line (TL) system. A TL connects each launcher to a diagnostic instrument. Each TL will typically consist of ～42?m of corrugated waveguide and up to ten miter bends. Important issues for the performance of the TL system are mode conversion and reflections. Minimizing these issues are critical to minimizing standing waves and phase errors. The performance of TL system is analyzed and recommendations are given.     

Contractile force measurements of cardiac myocytes using a micro-manipulation system

In order to develop a cell based robot, we present a micro-mechanical force measurement system for the biological muscle actuators, which utilize glucose as a power source. The proposed measurement system is composed of a micro-manipulator, a force transducer with a glass probe, a signal processor, an inverted microscope and video recording system. Using this measurement system, the contractile force and frequency of the cardiac myocytes were measured in real time and the magnitudes of the contractile force of each cardiac myocyte under different conditions were compared. From the quantitative experimental results, we could estimate that the force of cardiac myocytes is about 20–40 μN, and show that there are differences between the control cells and the micro-patterned cells.     

New plasma measurements with a multichannel millimeter-wave fluctuation diagnostic system in the DIII-D tokamak (invited)

A novel multichannel, tunable Doppler backscattering (DBS)/reflectometry system has recently been developed and applied to a variety of DIII-D plasmas. Either DBS or reflectometry can be easily configured for use in a wide range of plasma conditions using a flexible quasi-optical antenna system. The multiple closely spaced channels, when combined with other fluctuation diagnostic systems, have opened up new measurements of plasma properties. For example, the toroidal and fine-scale radial structure of coherent plasma oscillations, such as geodesic acoustic modes, have been probed simultaneously in the core of high temperature plasmas by applying correlation analysis between two toroidally separated DBS systems, as well as within the multichannel array. When configured as a reflectometer, cross-correlation with electron cyclotron emission radiometry has uncovered detailed information regarding the crossphase relationship between density and temperature fluctuations. The density-temperature crossphase measurement yields insight into the physics of tokamak turbulence at a fundamental level that can be directly compared with predictions from nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations.     

Development of a holographic particle diagnostic system and its application to measurements of spray characteristics

Particle diagnostics involving three dimensional distributions are important topics in many engineering fields. The holographic system is a promising optical tool for measuring three dimensional features of particles. In this study, we developed a holographic particle diagnostic system with diffused illumination to measure the sizes and 3-D velocities of moving particles using automatic image processing. First, basic optical systems for pulse laser recording, continuous laser reconstruction, and image acquisition were constructed. One of inherent limitations of particle holography is its long depth of focus in particle images, which causes considerable difficulty in determination of particle positions in the optical axis. To solve this problem, three new auto-focusing parameters (AFPs) corresponding to particle sizes were introduced. The developed system was applied to spray droplets to validate its capabilities. Three dimensional positions of particles viewed from two sides were decided using AFPs and then three dimensional particle velocities were extracted using a particle tracking algorithm. Comparison of measured sizes and three dimensional velocities of particles with those obtained using a laser instrument, PDPA (Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer), showed that the developed holographic system produced consistent results.     

静载荷作用下的ITER重力支撑系统有限元静力分析

针对ITER重力支撑系统的特点,提出了ITER重力支撑系统的有限元静力分析方法。应用ANSYS软件,建立了ITER重力支撑系统三维实体模型。采用精度比较高,且计算规模又可以接受的单元网格划分方法,进行网格划分。在Volume之间的界面上定义接触单元。得到了支撑系统有限元模型。对受静负载作用的ITER重力支撑系统进行了有限元静力分析。获得了支撑系统各零件的应力分布及最大应力,分析了这些零件的强度。静力分析的结果为ITER重力支撑系统的设计或改进提供了可靠的理论依据。     

Organization of the fast data acquisition and synchronization in the ITER plant control system

Main components of the control data acquisition and communication (CODAC) system for process technologies of the ITER plant are described. The CODAC system demonstrates the state-of-the-art level of high-performance measuring and control systems. The solution to designing stationary ultrahigh-speed measuring channels (quantization frequency is ≥1 GHz) is proposed in the ITER project. The organization of synchronizing the measuring channel synchronization system with the universal time is considered in the ITER project.     

Conceptual design of the collection optics for the edge Thomson scattering system in ITER

Neutron and gamma-ray irradiation complicates the design of the edge Thomson scattering (TS) system in ITER. The TS light is relayed through the relaying optics with labyrinth and fiber coupling optics. Electron density of 2×10(19)?m(-3) is sufficient to measure T(e) and n(e) within a 10% and 5% margin of error, respectively, with a spatial resolution of 5 mm. This system can cover from 0.85 to 1 of the normalized minor radius. The time resolution is 10 ms, which is determined by the repetition rate of the laser device. A super-Gaussian is the ideal laser profile for the laser injection optics to avoid a breakdown of the filling gas used in density calibration through Raman scattering.     

ITER内馈线支承系统的结构设计与分析

馈线系统是国际热核聚变实验反应堆ITER(International Thermonuclear ExperimentalReactor)上的重要装置,任务是向磁体线圈传输电流和冷却液,并对磁体系统进行测量、控制和诊断.位于杜瓦内部的内馈线是馈线系统的一部分,工作于低温、强磁场环境,由悬挂支承系统将其固定于纵向场磁体线圈终端.详细阐述了内馈线支承系统的结构设计方案,通过有限元运算获得了内馈线部分的应力和位移分布情况.结果显示最大应力强度为160MPa,最大位移变形为0.618mm.分析结果为装置的结构优化与最终研制提供了理论依据.     

Development and irradiation test of lost alpha detection system for ITER

We developed a lost alpha detection system to use in burning plasma experiments. The scintillators of Ag:ZnS and polycrystalline Ce:YAG were designed for a high-temperature environment, and the optical transmission line was designed to transmit from the scintillator to the port plug. The required optical components of lenses and mirrors were irradiated using the fission reactor with the initial result that there was no clear change after the irradiation with a neutron flux of 9.6×10(17)?nm(-2) s(-1) for 48 h. We propose a diagnostic of alpha particle loss, so-called alpha particle induced gamma ray spectroscopy. The initial laboratory test has been carried out by the use of the Ce doped Lu(2)SiO(5) scintillator detector and an Am-Be source to detect the 4.44 MeV high energy gamma ray due to the (9)Be(α,nγ)(12)C reaction.     

Neutron spectroscopy as a fuel ion ratio diagnostic: lessons from JET and prospects for ITER

The determination of the fuel ion ratio n(t)/n(d) in ITER is required at a precision of 20%, time resolution of 100 ms, spatial resolution of a/10, and over a range of 0.016?keV and for n(T)/n(D)<0.6. A crucial issue is the signal-to-background situation in the measurement of the weak 2.5 MeV emission from DD reactions in the presence of a background of scattered 14 MeV DT neutrons. Important experimental input and corroboration for this assessment are presented from the time-of-flight neutron spectrometer at JET where the presence of a strong component of backscattered neutrons is observed. Neutron emission components on ITER due to beam-thermal and tritium-tritium reactions can further enhance the prospects for NES.