Design of a polarization-controlled launcher for the ECH system on J-TEXT

Abstract

Based on main components including gyrotrons, magnets, auxiliary power supplies, transmission parts, etc. donated by the Culham Science Center, an electron cyclotron heating (ECH) system with four 60GHz/200kW/0.5s subunits is being developed on J-TEXT for effective plasma heating and MHD studies. A launcher has been designed to inject the beam of the first subunit into plasma with the desired polarization and direction. The launcher mainly consists of a polarizer, an ellipsoidal mirror, a steerable flat mirror and a gate valve. When the beam arrives at the launcher, it is firstly diffracted by the polarizer and then focused by the ellipsoidal mirror. Finally, the beam is delivered to plasma by the steerable mirror. Owing to the limited space of the port for beam injection, the scanning range in both the toroidal and poloidal direction is about −8° to 8°. With optimization design, the available mode purity for all possible injection is no less than 97% and the beam radius at the center of plasma is about 38 mm, making it possible for high efficient coupling and localized absorption of the wave power.