| Project/Area Number |
09558063
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
Nuclear fusion studies
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUJI-IIO Shunji Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Associate Prof., 原子炉工学研究所, 助教授 (90272723)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TERAI Kiyohisa Power and Industial Systems R&D Center, Toshiba Corporation, Group Manager, 電力・産業システム技術開発センター, グループ長(研究職)
TSUTSUI Hiroaki Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Assistant Prof., 原子炉工学研究所, 助手 (20227440)
SHIMADA Ryuichi Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Professor, 原子炉工学研究所, 教授 (40206181)
TAKAHASHI Masao Power and Industial Systems R&D Center, Toshiba Corporation, Specialist, 電力・産業システム技術開発センター, 主務(研究職)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥12,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥8,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,400,000)
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| Keywords | glass fiber / Faraday effect / polarimeter / frequency-shift heterodyne / magnetic field measurement / current measurement / fusion reator / laser diode |
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| Research Abstract |
Accurate measurements of the plasma current and magnetic fields around the plasma are indispensable for real-time control and data analysis in magnetic fusion devices. Commonly used inductive pickup loops, however, suffer from zero-point drifts of integration in the case of long integration over several hundred seconds. To avoid this problem, a heterodyne polarimeter which measures the Faraday effect was developed as a magnetic field sensor for long-pulsed fusion devices. The wavelength of laser beam was chosen to be 850 nm since the radiation-induced loss in optical fibers is significant below 800 nm while the Faraday rotation angle decreases with increasing wavelength. By the use of a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode and a Faraday isolator, excellent stability of phase measurement was attained. We confirmed that the use of a polarization maintaining fiber between the phase shifter part and the sensor part did not degrade the phase stability when the laser beam coupling to the fiber was optimized. The phase resolution was raised to up to 0.01 deg. by the digital complex demodulation and digital band-pass filtering of beat signals. Hence a low birefringence silica fiber is sufficient for a plasma current sensor of fusion devices instead of a flint glass fiber with a high Verdet constant.
Although the Verdet constant of heavily Tb^<3+>-doped paramagnetic glass is larger than that of ZnSe by about a factor of 1.4, ZnSe is superior to the former in terms of negligible temperature dependence. With a 40-mm long ZnSe sensing rod, resolutions of the magnetic field strength of about 5 and 2 gauss were found to be possible with time responses of 1 ms and 10 ms, respectively.
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