Abstract
A multichannel far‐infrared (FIR) polarimeter has been installed in RFX, a Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) plasma experiment, to measure the poloidal magnetic field profile. The polarimeter uses a CH3OH FIR laser operating at λ=118.8 μm. Faraday rotation measurements on five of six parallel diagnostic chords are used in preliminary investigations of poloidal field profiles. The experimental results are generally found in good agreement with the μ&p model predictions. The choice of the profile of μ = μ0j·B/B2 is discussed. For the reconstruction of the magnetic field profiles a numerical filamentary current equilibrium code is described, where polarimetric data are included as constraints. An alternative method based on the best‐fit of a three‐parameter μ profile to the polarimetric data is also reported. Both methods provide reliable reconstructions of the plasma magnetic field and the results indicate the existence in RFX of hollow μ profiles.
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