2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
First Experimental Evidence of Helicon Current Drive
J. B. Lestz, R. I. Pinsker, B. Van Compernolle +10
Helicon current drive is an attractive solution for driving current to sustain steady state tokamak operation in reactor conditions. Dedicated DIII-D experiments have been conducte…
physics.plasm-ph2024
Real-time steerable frequency-stepped Doppler Backscattering (DBS) System for local helicon wave electric field measurements on the DIII-D tokamak
S. Chowdhury, N. A. Crocker, W. A. Peebles +11
A new frequency-stepped Doppler backscattering (DBS) system has been integrated with a real-time steerable electron cyclotron heating launcher to probe local background turbulence…