Abstract
A dispersion interferometer (DI) has been installed and operates on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). This DI system utilizes a continuous-wave 9.3 μm CO2 laser source to measure line-averaged electron densities accurately. In contrast to conventional interferometers, the DI does not require substantial vibration isolations or compensating systems to reduce the impact of vibrations in the optical path. It also employs a ratio of modulation amplitudes, ensuring it remains immune to the variations in detected intensities. Without a variation compensation system, the DI system on EAST reaches a density resolution of less than 1.8 × 10−2π rad and a temporal resolution of 20 μs. The measurements made by the POlarimeter-INTerferometer (POINT) system and the far-infrared hydrogen cyanide (HCN) interferometer are remarkably consistent with the DI’s results. The possibility of fringe jumps and the impact of refraction in high-density discharge can be significantly decreased using a shorter wavelength laser source. A rapid density change of 3 × 1019 m−3 during 0.15 s has been measured accurately in shot No. 114755 of EAST. Additionally, the DI system demonstrates dependability and stability under 305 s long-pulse discharges in shot No. 122054.
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