Control and automation of the Pegasus multi-point Thomson scattering system
Abstract
A new control system for the Pegasus Thomson scattering diagnostic has recently been deployed to automate the laser operation, data collection process, and interface with the system-wide Pegasus control code. Automation has been extended to areas outside of data collection, such as manipulation of beamline cameras and remotely controlled turning mirror actuators to enable intra-shot beam alignment. In addition, the system has been upgraded with a set of fast (~1 ms) mechanical shutters to mitigate contamination from background light. Modification and automation of the Thomson system have improved both data quality and diagnostic reliability.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1325938
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-96ER54375
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 11; Related Information: G.M. Bodner, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, J.A. Reusch, C. Rodriguez Sanchez, and D.J. Schlossberg, "Public Data Set: Control and Automation of the Pegasus Multi-Point Thomson Scattering System," DOI: 10.18138/1257971; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; cameras; image sensors; control systems; image detection systems; mirrors
Citation Formats
Bodner, Grant M., Bongard, Michael W., Fonck, Raymond J., Reusch, Joshua A., Rodriguez Sanchez, C., and Schlossberg, David J. Control and automation of the Pegasus multi-point Thomson scattering system. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4960499.
Bodner, Grant M., Bongard, Michael W., Fonck, Raymond J., Reusch, Joshua A., Rodriguez Sanchez, C., & Schlossberg, David J. Control and automation of the Pegasus multi-point Thomson scattering system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960499
Bodner, Grant M., Bongard, Michael W., Fonck, Raymond J., Reusch, Joshua A., Rodriguez Sanchez, C., and Schlossberg, David J. 2016.
"Control and automation of the Pegasus multi-point Thomson scattering system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960499. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1325938.
@article{osti_1325938,
title = {Control and automation of the Pegasus multi-point Thomson scattering system},
author = {Bodner, Grant M. and Bongard, Michael W. and Fonck, Raymond J. and Reusch, Joshua A. and Rodriguez Sanchez, C. and Schlossberg, David J.},
abstractNote = {A new control system for the Pegasus Thomson scattering diagnostic has recently been deployed to automate the laser operation, data collection process, and interface with the system-wide Pegasus control code. Automation has been extended to areas outside of data collection, such as manipulation of beamline cameras and remotely controlled turning mirror actuators to enable intra-shot beam alignment. In addition, the system has been upgraded with a set of fast (~1 ms) mechanical shutters to mitigate contamination from background light. Modification and automation of the Thomson system have improved both data quality and diagnostic reliability.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4960499},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1325938},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 11,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
Web of Science
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Public Data Set: Radially Scanning Magnetic Probes to Study Local Helicity Injection Dynamics
dataset, July 2018
- Richner, Nathan; Bongard, Michael; Fonck, Raymond
- Pegasus-Supplementary information for journal article at DOI: 10.1063/1.5036527, 1 file (9.4 MB)
Public Data Set: Advancing Local Helicity Injection for Non-Solenoidal Tokamak Startup
dataset, January 2019
- Bongard, Michael; Bodner, Grant; Burke, Marcus
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Works referencing / citing this record:
A novel, cost-effective, multi-point Thomson scattering system on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment (invited)
journal, September 2016
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- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, Issue 11, Article No. 11E403
Public Data Set: A Novel, Cost-Effective, Multi-Point Thomson Scattering System on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
dataset, September 2016
- Schlossberg, D. J.; Bodner, G. M.; Reusch, J. A.
- AIP - Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, Issue 11, 49.6 MB
Public Data Set: Control and Automation of the Pegasus Multi-point Thomson Scattering System
dataset, January 2016
- Bodner, Grant; Bongard, Michael; Fonck, Raymond
- Pegasus, 13 files
Public Data Set: Continuous, Edge Localized Ion Heating During Non-Solenoidal Plasma Startup and Sustainment in a Low Aspect Ratio Tokamak
dataset, January 2017
- Burke, Marcus; Barr, Jayson; Bongard, Michael
Public Data Set: A Power-Balance Model for Local Helicity Injection Startup in a Spherical Tokamak
dataset, May 2018
- Barr, J. L.; Bongard, M. W.; Burke, M. G.
- Pegasus Public Data Sets
Public Data Set: Non-inductively Driven Tokamak Plasmas at Near-Unity βt in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
dataset, March 2018
- Reusch, Joshua; Bodner, Grant; Bongard, Michael
- Pegasus-Supplementary information for journal article at DOI: 10.1063/1.5017966, 1 file (5.1 MB)
Public Data Set: Initiation and Sustainment of Tokamak Plasmas with Local Helicity Injection as the Majority Current Drive
dataset, July 2018
- Perry, Justin; Bodner, Grant; Bongard, Michael
- Pegasus-Supplementary information for journal article at DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aac72e, 1 file (17.1 MB)
Public Data Set: Radially Scanning Magnetic Probes to Study Local Helicity Injection Dynamics
dataset, July 2018
- Richner, Nathan; Bongard, Michael; Fonck, Raymond
- Pegasus-Supplementary information for journal article at DOI: 10.1063/1.5036527, 1 file (9.4 MB)
Public Data Set: Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy for High Speed Measurements of Stark Split Neutral Beam Emission in a High Temperature Plasma
dataset, January 2018
- Burke, Marcus; Fonck, Raymond; McKee, George
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public Data Set: Advancing Local Helicity Injection for Non-Solenoidal Tokamak Startup
dataset, January 2019
- Bongard, Michael; Bodner, Grant; Burke, Marcus
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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