Research on IR-T1 Tokamak

Abstract

Plasma diagnostics is a novel branch of fusion science that requires understanding from all the physics fields. For magnetic confinement fusion, it is necessary to create the special experimental techniques for diagnostics. Generally, plasma diagnostic techniques are distinguished into two different classes: passive methods and active methods. Passive methods detect and study radiations that are emitted by the plasma while active methods measure plasma reactions to external stimuli. The performed measurements by former method give averaged information while latter method makes the local measurements. IR-T1 Tokamak is an active Tokamak that has performed extensive researches into plasma diagnostic. There are several different plasma diagnostics on IR-T1 Tokamak for measuring plasma parameters such as magnetic diagnostics, spectroscopic diagnostics, and plasma facing and operational diagnostics. This chapter will provide an overview of different techniques for improving plasma confinement in IR-T1 Tokamak.