Original title:
Data Acquisition System and Data Processing for the New Thomson Scattering System on the COMPASS Tokamak
Authors:
Aftanas, Milan ; Bílková, Petra ; Böhm, Petr ; Weinzettl, Vladimír ; Stöckel, Jan ; Hron, Martin ; Pánek, Radomír ; Scannell, R. ; Walsh, M. Document type: Papers Conference/Event: Annual Conference of Doctoral Students - WDS 2010 /19th./, Prague (CZ), 2010-06-01 / 2010-06-04
Year:
2010
Language:
eng Abstract:
The Thomson scattering (TS) will be one of crucial plasma diagnostics of the COMPASS tokamak. This newly build-up multi-point system consists of two Nd:YAG lasers (1.6J at 1064nm, 30Hz each) and cascade filter polychromators with avalanche photodiodes. It will enable measurements of both the electron temperature Te (20eV − 5000eV ) and density ne (1019 − 1020m−3) profiles with spatial resolution up to 3mm in the vertical direction in 56 spatial points. The uniquely designed complex data acquisition system based on fast analog digital convertors (1GS/s) reflects the need to retrieve/digitize the signal originated from scattering process of the laser pulse lasting less than 10ns. This paper presents a detailed review of the architecture of the control and the data acquisition (DAQ) system and its features. LabViewr will be used as a main layer for the TS data acquisition. Routines specifically written for controlling the DAQ of TS on COMPASS are presented.
Keywords:
plasma diagnostics; Tokamak devices Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z20430508 (CEP), GA202/09/1467 (CEP), GD202/08/H057 (CEP), 7G09042 (CEP) Funding provider: GA ČR, GA ČR, GA MŠk Host item entry: WDS 2010 - Proceedings of Contributed Papers , ISBN 978-80-7378-140-8