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Two-post wave slaloming at a cut-off and a resonance, or how to access and heat overdense plasmas using two successive mode conversions

Duccio Testa, Antoine Pochelon, Loïc Curchod

2018

Dependence of L-mode confinement on the electron cyclotron power deposition profile in the TCV tokamak

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Benoît Labit, Alexander Karpushov, Antoine Pochelon, Roland Behn, Loïc Curchod, Mikael Rancic

Institute of Physics2012

High Density Plasma Heating in the Tokamak à Configuration Variable

Loïc Curchod

The Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV) is a medium size magnetic confinement thermonuclear fusion experiment designed for the study of the plasma performances as a function of its shape. It is equipped with a high power and highly flexible electron cyc ...

EPFL2011

Multiple EC power deposition locations tracking by break-in-slope analysis in TCV plasmas

Timothy Goodman, Jean-Marc Moret, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pochelon, Joan Decker, James Paley, Loïc Curchod

Modulation of the amplitude of externally injected electron cyclotron (EC) power is a frequent method used to determine the radial power deposition profile in fusion plasmas. There are many tools to analyze the plasma response to the power modulations unde ...

2011

Demonstration of Electron-Bernstein-Wave Heating in a Tokamak via O-X-B Double-Mode Conversion

Laurie Porte, Antoine Pochelon, Yann Camenen, Loïc Curchod

The first demonstration of electron-Bernstein-wave heating by double-mode conversion from the O to the X mode in an overdense H-mode tokamak plasma has been achieved in the Tokamak a` Configuration Variable device. This technique overcomes the upper densit ...

American Physical Society2007

Electron Bernstein wave heating of over-dense H-mode plasmas in the TCV tokamak via O-X-B double mode conversion

Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Yves Martin, Jean-Marc Moret, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pochelon, Yann Camenen, Igor Klimanov, Loïc Curchod

This paper reports on the first demonstration of electron Bernsteinwave heating (EBWH) by double mode conversion from ordinary (O-) to Bernstein (B-) via the extraordinary (X-) mode in an over-dense tokamak plasma, using low field side launch, achieved in ...

International Atomic Energy Agency2007

Optimising Central Electron Bernstein Wave Deposition via O-X-B Double Mode Conversion in the TCV Tokamak

Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pochelon, Roland Behn, Loïc Curchod, Ilya Pavlov

2007

Electron Bernstein Wave Heating and Emission in the TCV Tokamak

Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pochelon, Yann Camenen, Loïc Curchod

Electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) of high-density tokamak plasmas is limited because of reflections of the waves at so-called wave cutoffs. Electron Bernstein wave (EBW) heating (EBWH) via a double mode conversion process from ordinary (O)-mode, ...

American Nuclear Society2007

Optimizing Central Electron Bernstein Wave Deposition via O-X-B Double Mode Conversion in the TCV Tokamak

Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Jean-Marc Moret, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pochelon, Roland Behn, Loïc Curchod, Ilya Pavlov

2007

Electron Bernstein Wave Heating and Emission in the TCV Tokamak

Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pochelon, Yann Camenen, Loïc Curchod

2006