Lower hybrid experiments on PLT using grills having various n/sub parallel/ spectral widths
Coupling structures for lower hybrid current drive experiments have, until now, been smaller than a free space wavelength and have had a correspondingly broad wave number spectrum. In this paper we report the results of experiments on the PLT tokamak using a 16-waveguide grill (2.2 wavelengths) which produces a very narrow n/sub parallel/ = k/sub parallel/c/..omega.. spectrum. Experimental results from the 16-waveguide grill are compared with results from three other PLT grills with less sharply defined n/sub parallel/ spectra. The current drive figure of merit, I/sub p/n/sub e/R/P/sub rf/ approx. =0.14 x 10/sup 14/ A cm/sup -3/ m/W, is approx. =40% higher for the 16-waveguide coupler than for previously reported experiments on PLT, in spite of the larger ''spectral gap.'' 60 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 6158026
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-2426; ON: DE87013212
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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