Upgrade of JET AE Active Diagnostic for Low Frequency Eigenmodes Detection

POSTER

Abstract

The upgrade of the Toroidal Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmode Active Antenna diagnostic at JET was commissioned last year. The new amplifiers have an operational frequency range limited to bands within 10-1000 kHz by a choice of filters. In the last campaigns the AE excitation system was operated on the Alfv\'{e}nic range of frequencies (f $>$ 80 kHz). For the next campaigns we are proposing operation on the frequency range of 25-50 kHz to excite eigenmodes on the Alfv\'{e}n-acoustic range (GAMs, BAEs and Alfv\'{e}n Cascades). The next JET campaigns will involve use of deuterium, tritium and hydrogen, giving a wide range of parameters for the modes to be investigated. Details of the system modifications for operation in this new frequency range and experimental scenarios will be discussed.

*This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium No 633053. Support was provided by the US DOE, FAPESP Project 2011/50773-0, by the Swiss NSF, and also the RCUK Energy Programme [grant number EP/P012450/1].

Authors

  • P. Puglia

    • EPFL Switzerland
  • P. Blanchard

    • EPFL Switzerland
  • D. Testa

    • EPFL Switzerland
  • A. Fasoli

    • EPFL Switzerland
  • V. Aslanyan

    • MIT-PSFC
  • M. Porkolab

    • MIT-PSFC
  • P. Woskov

    • MIT-PSFC
  • L. Ruchko

    • USP Brazil
  • R. Galvao

    • USP Brazil
  • W. Pires De Sa

    • USP Brazil
  • A. Dos Reis

    • USP Brazil
  • S. Sharapov

    • CCFE UK
  • S, Dowson

    • CCFE UK
  • H. Sheikh

    • CCFE UK
  • T. Blackman

    • CCFE UK
  • G. Jones

    • CCFE UK
  • S. Dorling

    • CCFE UK
  • J. Figueiredo

    • EUROfusion PMU
  • C. Perez Von Thun

    • EUROfusion PMU