This paper describes the design of the Thomson scattering system at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. For the first operation campaign we installed a 10 spatial channel system to cover a radial half profile of the plasma cross section. The start-up system is based on one Nd:YAG laser with 10 Hz repetition frequency, one observation optics, five fiber bundles with one delay line each, and five interference filter polychromators with five spectral channels and silicon avalanche diodes as detectors. High dynamic range analog to digital converters with 14 bit, 1 GS/s are used to digitize the signals. The spectral calibration of the system was done using a pulsed super continuum laser together with a monochromator. For density calibration we used Raman scattering in nitrogen gas. Peaked temperature profiles and flat density profiles are observed in helium and hydrogen discharges.
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E. Pasch;
E. Pasch
a)
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
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M. N. A. Beurskens;
M. N. A. Beurskens
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
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S. A. Bozhenkov;
S. A. Bozhenkov
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
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G. Fuchert;
G. Fuchert
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
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J. Knauer
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J. Knauer
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
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R. C. Wolf
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R. C. Wolf
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
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E. Pasch
a)
M. N. A. Beurskens
S. A. Bozhenkov
G. Fuchert
J. Knauer
R. C. Wolf
W7-X Team
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Wendelsteinstr. 1, 17491 Greifswald, Germany
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: [email protected]
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See H. S. Bosch, Nucl. Fusion 53, 126001 (2013).
Contributed paper, published as part of the Proceedings of the 21st Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 2016.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 11E729 (2016)
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Received:
June 03 2016
Accepted:
August 16 2016
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E. Pasch, M. N. A. Beurskens, S. A. Bozhenkov, G. Fuchert, J. Knauer, R. C. Wolf, W7-X Team; The Thomson scattering system at Wendelstein 7-X. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 November 2016; 87 (11): 11E729. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962248
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