Microwave reflectometer for density profile and turbulence measurements on the COMPASS tokamak

The fast microwave reflectometer system on the COMPASS tokamak consists of an O-mode polarized K-band (18 GHz–26 GHz), Ka-band (26 GHz–40 GHz), and a part of U-band (40 GHz–54 GHz). The plasma density profile from the edge plasma area is measured using a fast sweeping rate up of to 6 µs of the probing wave. The processing of the reflected signal is realized by the heterodyne detection configuration based on the I/Q modulator. Two different methods of dynamic calibration of the required linear sweep frequency, together with static frequency and dispersion calibration, were used. The electron density profile was reconstructed by a spectrogram-based method with four sweeps on average. The system has the capability to measure the mid-plane low-field side electron density profile in the density range from 4 × 1018 m−3 to 3.6 × 1019 m−3. Experimental results obtained on COMPASS discharges are presented to demonstrate the performance of the diagnostics.