Recent progress in modeling ICRF-edge plasma interactions with application to ASDEX Upgrade

W Zhang, R Bilato, V Bobkov, A Cathey… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper summarizes recent progress in modeling the interaction between ion cyclotron
range of frequency (ICRF) waves and edge plasma with application to ASDEX Upgrade. The …

Review on recent progress in ion cyclotron range of frequency systems, experiments and modelling for magnetic confinement fusion

J Hillairet - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
This paper is a broad overview and a summary of the recent progress achieved in Ion
Cyclotron Range of Frequency (ICRF) systems, experiments and modelling during the last …

Radiofrequency sheath rectification on WEST: application of the sheath-equivalent dielectric layer technique in tokamak geometry

W Tierens, A Kumar, C Klepper, J Lore, JR Myra… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiofrequency sheath rectification is a phenomenon relevant to the operation of Ion
Cyclotron Range of Frequencies (ICRFs) actuators in tokamaks. Techniques to model the …

Slab-geometry surface waves on steep gradients and the origin of related numerical issues in a variety of ICRF codes

W Tierens, L Colas… - Journal of Plasma …, 2021 - cambridge.org
In the ion cyclotron range of frequencies, electromagnetic surface waves are physically
relevant for wave–filament interactions, parasitic edge losses and sheath–plasma waves …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of realistic plasma filament waveforms for the study of resonant wave-filament interactions in tokamak edge plasmas

W Tierens, W Zhang, P Manz… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, an analytical solution for plane wave scattering at density filaments in magnetized
plasma was derived [AK Ram and K. Hizanidis, Phys. Plasmas 23, 022504 (2016)], from …

Numerical solutions of Maxwell's equations in 3D in frequency domain with linear sheath boundary conditions

W Tierens, G Urbanczyk, L Colas, M Usoltceva - Physics of Plasmas, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we construct a numerical technique capable of solving Maxwell's equations in
the frequency domain, both in vacuum and in cold magnetized plasma, with a boundary …

[PDF][PDF] Recent improvements to the ICRF antenna coupling code" RAPLICASOL"

W Tierens, G Suarez Lopez, R Otin… - AIP Conference …, 2020 - pure.mpg.de
In this paper we discuss recent improvements to the ICRF antenna coupling code
“RAPLICASOL”, its ability to handle curved antenna geometries, to simulate ICRF wave …

[HTML][HTML] The slow wave resonance cone in the collisional regime

W Tierens - Physics of Plasmas, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In the low-density edge plasma of tokamaks, ion cyclotron range of frequencies actuators
may parasitically emit slow waves. If the density is sufficiently low, which may be common in …

RF wave propagation simulation for ICRF antenna in EAST

J Li, Q Yang, Y Song, C Yu, S Chen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The propagation performance of radiofrequency (RF) waves excited by ICRF antenna in
plasma has a great influence on the coupling effect. In this paper, the propagation …

3D simulations of the RF wave propagation and power coupling in cold magnetized plasma near an ICRF antenna

LY Zhang, YX Li, QZ Zhang - Chinese Physics B, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The electromagnetic wave propagations and their coupling characteristics in magnetized
plasma near the antenna of Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies (ICRF) is studied based on …