Development of laser beam injection system for the Edge Thomson Scattering (ETS) in ITER

Yatsuka, Eiichi; Hatae, Takaki; Suito, Satoshi*; Ohara, Miyuki*; Hagita, Koji*; Inoue, Kazunori*; Bassan, M.*; Walsh, M.*; Itami, Kiyoshi

Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 11(1), p.C01006_1 - C01006_12, 2016/01

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/C01006

Development of instrumentation and control systems for the ITER diagnostic systems in JADA

Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi; Hashimoto, Yasunori*; Kitazawa, Sin-iti; Yatsuka, Eiichi; Hatae, Takaki; Sugie, Tatsuo; Ogawa, Hiroaki; Takeuchi, Masaki; Kawano, Yasunori; Itami, Kiyoshi

Fusion Engineering and Design, 96-97, p.1012 - 1016, 2015/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.119

Japan Domestic Agency (JADA) is responsible for six diagnostic systems in the ITER project. We have successfully developed an instrumentation and control (I&C) system for the diagnostic systems. The I&C system manages internal operations for measurement such as health checks of sensors, configuration of measurement parameters, and consistency checks between measurement parameters. We developed a conversion tool to convert operational flowcharts to EPICS records. The sequencing management function coordinates the execution of operation steps by monitoring changes in the record values. It was designed so that the relationship between the records and steps is determined automatically according to the flowcharts as much as possible. We validated the performance of the I&C system for the thermocouple measurement system, and are continuing the development of even more complex I&C systems for other JADA diagnostic systems.

Progresses in development of the ITER edge Thomson scattering system

Yatsuka, Eiichi; Bassan, M.*; Hatae, Takaki; Ishikawa, Masao; Shimada, Takahiko; Vayakis, G.*; Walsh, M.*; Scannell, R.*; Huxford, R.*; Bilkova, P.*; et al.

Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 8(12), p.C12001_1 - C12001_10, 2013/12

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/C12001

Chevron beam dump for ITER edge Thomson scattering system

Yatsuka, Eiichi; Hatae, Takaki; Vayakis, G.*; Bassan, M.*; Itami, Kiyoshi

Review of Scientific Instruments, 84(10), p.103503_1 - 103503_6, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824141

New developments of the Thomson scattering diagnostic system in magnetic-confined plasma devices

Hatae, Takaki; Yoshida, Hidetsugu*; Yatsuka, Eiichi

Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 88(10), p.555 - 574, 2012/10

https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1570291227911737344

no abstracts in English

Anisotropic electron temperature measurements without knowing the spectral transmissivity for a JT-60SA Thomson scattering diagnostic

Tojo, Hiroshi; Hatae, Takaki; Yatsuka, Eiichi; Itami, Kiyoshi

Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(10), p.10E346_1 - 10E346_3, 2012/10

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4745214

Polychromator for the edge Thomson scattering system in ITER

Yatsuka, Eiichi; Hatae, Takaki; Fujie, Daijiro*; Kurokawa, Atsuo*; Kusama, Yoshinori

Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(10), p.10E328_1 - 10E328_3, 2012/07

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4733564

On the edge Thomson scattering (TS) system in ITER, the filter polychromator is used for dispersing the scattered radiation. Since the signal in TS system is very small, it is crucial to reduce the signal loss from the collection optics to the spectrometer. A band of wavelength in the signal is extracted by an interference filter, and the remaining part is reflected at the interference filter. On the conventional polychromator, a number of reflections are necessary for extracting all wavelength bands. We proposed a new type of polychromator. On the new polychromator, both transmitted and reflected signal from an interference filter are dispersed into transmitted and reflected parts again. It enables to reduce the number of reflection at the interference filters. We showed it is possible to apply in the edge TS system in ITER by setting the injection angle of signal light into the interference filters to be approximately less than 10 degrees.

Demonstration of in-situ relative calibration method for a Thomson scattering diagnostic on TST-2

Tojo, Hiroshi; Ejiri, Akira*; Hiratsuka, Junichi*; Yamaguchi, Takashi*; Takase, Yuichi*; Itami, Kiyoshi; Hatae, Takaki

Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 7(4), p.P04005_1 - P04005_11, 2012/04

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/04/P04005

Principles for local measurement of the anisotropic electron temperature of plasma using incoherent Thomson scattering

Yatsuka, Eiichi; Hatae, Takaki; Kusama, Yoshinori

Nuclear Fusion, 51(12), p.123004_1 - 123004_4, 2011/12

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/12/123004

no abstracts in English

Neutronic analysis of the ITER poloidal polarimeter

Ishikawa, Masao; Kawano, Yasunori; Imazawa, Ryota; Sato, Satoshi; Vayakis, G.*; Bertalot, L.*; Yatsuka, Eiichi; Hatae, Takaki; Kondoh, Takashi; Kusama, Yoshinori

Fusion Engineering and Design, 86(6-8), p.1286 - 1289, 2011/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.01.046

The nuclear heating rates of the optical mirrors of the poloidal polarimeter installed in the equatorial port plug of ITER are calculated. Since the system cannot have a sufficiently labyrinthine structure and the second mirrors are located nearly as close to the plasma as the first mirrors due to limited space, the nuclear heating rate of the second mirrors is as high as that of the first mirrors. However, it is possible to reduce the nuclear heating rates of the mirrors if the blanket shield module provides a sufficient degree of neutron shielding.