A Polarizer with Sinusoidal Grooves in the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating System of the HL-2A Tokamak

Abstract

Theoretical calculation and experimental results for a polarizer with sinusoidal grooves used in the electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRU) system of the HL-2A tokamak are presented. The calculation is based on an integral method developed in the vector theory of diffraction gratings, and the polarization characteristics obtained with a low-power test are in good agreement with the numerical calculated results. With the polarizer assembled in a miter bend in the ECRU transmission line, pure ordinary mode (O-mode) and extraordinary mode (X-mode) polarized waves are also expected in the high-power experiment, depending on the polarizer rotation angle and the toroidal injection angle of the electron cyclotron (EC) wave beam. Second-harmonic X-mode experiments were successfully explored in HL-2A. Experimental result revealed that the electron temperature increased from 0.8 keV (Ohmic heating phase) to 1.5 keV (second X-mode heating phase).