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Title: Design of solid state neutral particle analyzer array for National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade

Abstract

A new compact, multi-channel Solid State Neutral Particle Analyzer (SSNPA) diagnostic based on silicon photodiode array has been designed and is being fabricated for the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U). The SSNPA system utilizes a set of vertically stacked photodiode arrays in current mode viewing the same plasma region with different filter thickness to obtain fast temporal resolution (∼120 kHz bandwidth) and coarse energy information in three bands of >25 keV, >45 keV, and >65 keV. The SSNPA system consists of 15 radial sightlines that intersect existing on-axis neutral beams at major radii between 90 and 130 cm, 15 tangential sightlines that intersect new off-axis neutral beams at major radii between 120 and 145 cm. These two subsystems aim at separating the response of passing and trapped fast ions. In addition, one photodiode array whose viewing area does not intersect any neutral beams is used to monitor passive signals produced by fast ions that charge exchange with background neutrals.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]; ;  [3]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (United States)
  3. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22308934
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; BEAMS; CHARGE EXCHANGE; FILTERS; IONS; KEV RANGE; KHZ RANGE; NEUTRAL PARTICLE ANALYZERS; NSTX DEVICE; PHOTODIODES; PLASMA; SIGNALS; SILICON; TIME RESOLUTION; TRAPPING

Citation Formats

Liu, D., E-mail: deyongl@uci.edu, Heidbrink, W. W., Zhu, Y. B., Tritz, K., Roquemore, A. L., and Medley, S. S. Design of solid state neutral particle analyzer array for National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4889913.
Liu, D., E-mail: deyongl@uci.edu, Heidbrink, W. W., Zhu, Y. B., Tritz, K., Roquemore, A. L., & Medley, S. S. Design of solid state neutral particle analyzer array for National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4889913
Liu, D., E-mail: deyongl@uci.edu, Heidbrink, W. W., Zhu, Y. B., Tritz, K., Roquemore, A. L., and Medley, S. S. 2014. "Design of solid state neutral particle analyzer array for National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4889913.
@article{osti_22308934,
title = {Design of solid state neutral particle analyzer array for National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade},
author = {Liu, D., E-mail: deyongl@uci.edu and Heidbrink, W. W. and Zhu, Y. B. and Tritz, K. and Roquemore, A. L. and Medley, S. S.},
abstractNote = {A new compact, multi-channel Solid State Neutral Particle Analyzer (SSNPA) diagnostic based on silicon photodiode array has been designed and is being fabricated for the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U). The SSNPA system utilizes a set of vertically stacked photodiode arrays in current mode viewing the same plasma region with different filter thickness to obtain fast temporal resolution (∼120 kHz bandwidth) and coarse energy information in three bands of >25 keV, >45 keV, and >65 keV. The SSNPA system consists of 15 radial sightlines that intersect existing on-axis neutral beams at major radii between 90 and 130 cm, 15 tangential sightlines that intersect new off-axis neutral beams at major radii between 120 and 145 cm. These two subsystems aim at separating the response of passing and trapped fast ions. In addition, one photodiode array whose viewing area does not intersect any neutral beams is used to monitor passive signals produced by fast ions that charge exchange with background neutrals.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4889913},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22308934}, journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 11,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}