QO for Stellarator

Optical and Quasi-Optical Ray-Tracing

done for the

Helically Symmetric Experiment

University of Wisconsin, Madison

by
S.A. Torchinsky
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Canada
and
Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden


The analysis unfortunately shows that it is not possible to make a simple modification to the existing system which would allow multiple heating points in the plasma. The rotation of the mirror causes unacceptable aberrations.

Gaussian beam envelope in Nominal Configuration
Nominal Configuration
Geometric Ray tracing in Nominal Configuration
Geometric Ray tracing in Nominal Configuration
Geometric Ray tracing, mirror rotated +15 degrees
mirror rotated +15 degrees
Plan view of above
plan view
Point Spread of above
point spread
Geometric Ray tracing, mirror rotated -15 degrees
mirror rotated -15 degrees
Plan view of above
plan view
Point spread of above
point spread


More Quasi-Optics:

Odin satellite radiometer

proposal for the Heterodyne Instrument on FIRST



last modified 2 April 1998 by Steve Torchinsky
last update 2010 May 30, 14:22 UTC by Steve Torchinsky. See changelog.