Overview of C-2W: high temperature, steady-state beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasmas

H Gota, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, A Smirnov… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract TAE Technologies, Inc.(TAE) is pursuing an alternative approach to magnetically
confined fusion, which relies on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas composed of …

Formation of hot, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration plasmas on the C-2W device

H Gota, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, S Putvinski… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
TAE Technologies' research is devoted to producing high temperature, stable, long-lived
field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas by neutral-beam injection (NBI) and edge …

Enhanced plasma performance in C-2W advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration experiments

H Gota, A Smirnov, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
TAE Technologies' fifth-generation fusion device, C-2W (also called'Norman'), is the world's
largest compact-toroid device and has made significant progress in field-reversed …

Characterization and calibration of the Thomson scattering diagnostic suite for the C-2W field-reversed configuration experiment

A Ottaviano, TM Schindler, K Zhai, E Parke… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The new C-2W Thomson scattering (TS) diagnostic consists of two individual subsystems for
monitoring electron temperature (T e) and density (ne): one system in the central region is …

High resolution Thomson scattering diagnostic for measurements of radial profiles of electron temperature and density in the gas dynamic trap

A Lizunov, T Berbasova, A Khilchenko… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The incoherent Thomson scattering diagnostic with multiple lines of sight is installed at the
gas dynamic trap (GDT) for measurements of radial profiles of the plasma electron …

Thomson scattering diagnostic system for the XuanLong-50 experiment

HY Li, SJ Li, QF Xie, JH Liu, RH Bai, RY Tao… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A 15-point Thomson scattering diagnostic system is developed for ENN's spherical torus
experiment XuanLong-50 (EXL-50). A BeamTech laser with 3 J/pulse (1064 nm wavelength) …

The integrated diagnostic suite of the C-2W experimental field-reversed configuration device and its applications

T Roche, J Romero, K Zhai, E Granstedt… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the current experimental device of TAE Technologies, C-2W (also called “Norman”),
record breaking advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are …

Integrated diagnostic and data analysis system of the C-2W advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasma experiment

MC Thompson, TM Schindler, R Mendoza… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The new C-2W experiment (also called Norman) at TAE Technologies, Inc. studies the
evolution of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas sustained by neutral beam injection …

Comparison of Terahertz time domain spectroscopy and laser Thomson scattering for electron density measurements in inductively coupled plasma discharges

Y Zhao, Y Wang, J Shi, D Wu, C Feng… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) has been successfully applied in the
plasma electron density diagnosis and the validity of the measurement results has been …

[HTML][HTML] Design and implementation of a portable diagnostic system for Thomson scattering and optical emission spectroscopy measurements

N Kafle, D Elliott, EW Garren, Z He… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A diagnostic system, which has a design goal of high-portability, has been designed at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This project aims at providing measurements of key …