Overview of KSTAR research progress and future plans toward ITER and K-DEMO

HK Park, MJ Choi, SH Hong, Y In, YM Jeon… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A decade-long operation of the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research
(KSTAR) has contributed significantly to the operation of superconducting tokamak devices …

Advances in physics of the magneto-hydro-dynamic and turbulence-based instabilities in toroidal plasmas via 2-D/3-D visualization

HK Park, MJ Choi, M Kim, M Kim, J Lee, D Lee… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - Springer
A robust theoretical framework for describing the explosive growth of the magneto-hydro-
dynamic (MHD) and turbulence-based instabilities in toroidal plasmas can only be achieved …

Enhanced understanding of non-axisymmetric intrinsic and controlled field impacts in tokamaks

Y In, JK Park, YM Jeon, J Kim, GY Park, JW Ahn… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
An extensive study of intrinsic and controlled non-axisymmetric field (δB) impacts in KSTAR
has enhanced the understanding about non-axisymmetric field physics and its implications …

Intrinsic rotation reversal, non-local transport, and turbulence transition in KSTAR L-mode plasmas

YJ Shi, JM Kwon, PH Diamond, WH Ko, MJ Choi… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Experiments of electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECH) power scan in KSTAR tokamak
clearly demonstrate that both the cutoff density for non-local heat transport (NLT) and the …

Observation of electron driven quasi-coherent modes and their connection with core intrinsic rotation in KSTAR ECH and ohmic L-mode plasmas

JA Lee, W Lee, JM Kwon, SH Ko, J Leem, GS Yun… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Quasi-coherent (QC) modes, known as a type of the trapped electron mode (TEM)
turbulence, have been measured in the outboard core region of low-density electron …

Progress of the KSTAR research program exploring the advanced high performance and steady-state plasma operations

YK Oh, S Yoon, YM Jeon, WH Ko, SH Hong… - Journal of the Korean …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) program is
strongly focused on solving the scientific and technological issues in steady-state high …

Millimeter-wave imaging diagnostics systems on the EAST tokamak

YL Zhu, JL Xie, CX Yu, ZL Zhao, BX Gao… - Review of Scientific …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Millimeter-wave imaging diagnostics, with large poloidal span and wide radial range, have
been developed on the EAST tokamak for visualization of 2D electron temperature and …

Technical overview of the millimeter-wave imaging reflectometer on the DIII-D tokamak

CM Muscatello, CW Domier, X Hu, GJ Kramer… - Review of Scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
CM Muscatello, CW Domier, X. Hu, GJ Kramer, NC Luhmann, X. Ren, P. Riemenschneider,
A. Spear, BJ Tobias, E. Valeo, L. Yu; Technical overview of the millimeter-wave imaging …

System-on-chip approach microwave imaging reflectometer on DIII-D tokamak

Y Zhu, Y Chen, JH Yu, C Domier, G Yu, X Liu… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
System-on-chip millimeter wave integrated circuit technology is used on the two-
dimensional millimeter-wave imaging reflectometer (MIR) upgrade for density fluctuation …

New trends in microwave imaging diagnostics and application to burning plasma

Y Zhu, JH Yu, M Chen, B Tobias… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave and millimeter-wave (mm-wave)-based diagnostics have proven invaluable in
the understanding of magnetic confinement fusion plasma science and have found wide …